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Happy Hungarian Hanukkah
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 by A.L.B. | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Budapest, the third largest Jewish community in mainland Europe—and hoping to grow—is celebrating the festival of lights as seldom before.
Pillaging the Truth
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 by Israel Finkelstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A point-by-point demonstration of how Looting the Holy Land, a recent Al-Jazeera film about Israel's archaeological "crimes," is pure propaganda.
“In Those Days and at the Present Time”
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 by Moshe Benovitz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Why observance of Hanukkah fell into desuetude following the destruction of the Temple in 70 C.E.
The Anti-Semitism to Come
Monday, December 6, 2010 by Bernard-Henri Lévy | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Boycott campaigns, horribly biased war documentaries, and Scandinavian politics offer a glimpse into the new Western hatred of Israel and Jews.
Big Ten
Monday, December 6, 2010 by Joel Schwartz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

 David Hazony succeeds remarkably in articulating a Jewish ethical understanding
Bleak House
Monday, December 6, 2010 by Benny Morris | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The Palestinian refugee problem is but one among several reasons why no viable peace agreement is in prospect.
“Happy Holidays”
Monday, December 6, 2010 by D.G. Myers | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Among its many other aspects, Hanukkah is the one holiday that enables American Jews to participate in their country's civic religion.
Festival of Sites
Friday, December 3, 2010 by Howie Mischel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

One of the oldest synagogues ever found in Israel lies in what is thought to be the place where the Maccabee resistance began; but the site remains abandoned, unmarked, and unpreserved.
The Accidental Spy
Friday, December 3, 2010 by Ronald Radosh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

What motivated Harry Gold, a man far from being a Communist sympathizer, to assist in espionage that enabled the Soviets to build an atomic bomb?
Why Dreidel? Why Gelt?
Friday, December 3, 2010 by Dan Rabinowitz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

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