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Osnat’s StoryThursday, December 16, 2010 by Daniel F. Levin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
How an American teen learned to navigate social isolation, hatred of group tours, love of his host country, and the embrace of an Israeli family and their homely daughter.Foreign Travel
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 by Gil Ronen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new internal-tourism initiative brings secular Israelis into an alien society: the neighborhoods and homes of the ultra-Orthodox.No Christmas in Baghdad
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 by Nina Shea | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Like the Jews before them, Iraq's Christians now confront religious cleansing from their ancient home.Aiding and Abetting
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 by Sam Roberts | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
After World War II, American counterintelligence recruited former Gestapo officers, SS veterans, and Nazi collaborators to a greater extent than previously disclosed.An Albanian First
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The small Jewish community in Albania inaugurated its first chief rabbi earlier this week.A New Leaf?
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 by Robert Satloff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Obama administration is finally free to test whether Israeli and Palestinian leaderships are closer to agreement on the core issues than is commonly recognized.Adoption and American Judaism
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 by Lauren Markoe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Racially diverse adoptive children are embraced in American synagogues, but a common reason for their presence is the worrisomely low fertility rates of Jewish women.Hard Road
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 by Blake Eskin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An interview with Vasily Grossman's English translator on the shifting legacy of the great author of Life and Fate.Pride, Prejudice, and the Presidency
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
All sorts of people hold private prejudices. As the latest disclosures from the Nixon tapes suggest, what matters is what officials do in their public lives.Dark-Souled Madonna
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 by Peter Paphides | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Ten years after her death from AIDS, the famed Israeli singer Ofra Haza remains an enigma.

