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An Instructive Stalemate?
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 by Natan Sharansky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The impasse over Israel's conversion bill presents a unique opportunity for debate, discussion, and even, one hopes, the discovery of common ground.
Le Train de Vie
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 by Sammy Loren | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

An eccentric Parisian restaurateur hosts a thriving Ashkenazi music scene.
It’s Hizballah, Stupid
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 by Elias Youssef Bejjani | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Not al Qaeda but Hizballah is the world's most dangerous terrorist organization, in control of the Lebanese government and fully backed by Iran; will the world stand up to it, or succumb?
Revisiting a Scandal
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 by Yair Ettinger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The personal archive of Amram Blau, leader of the anti-Zionist Neturei Karta sect, sheds light on the notorious marriage he made a decade before his death.
Upstart Dove
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 by Benny Morris | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A contentious historian interviews Israeli President Shimon Peres on foreign relations, nuclear deterrence, his relationships with David Ben-Gurion and Yasir Arafat, and more. .
The Kindness of (Israeli) Strangers
Monday, July 26, 2010 by Michael J. Totten | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Arabs are rightly known for hospitality, but Israelis, contrary to their bluff stereotype, are no slouches.
The UN Human Rights Council at Work
Monday, July 26, 2010 by Benjamin Weinthal | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The German jurist appointed to follow up on the Goldstone Report worked for the PLO in the 1990's and has condemned Israeli targeted killings as "very much" in the direction of state terrorism.
“I Am an Israeli”
Monday, July 26, 2010 by Jennifer Rubin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Why John Hagee's Christians United for Israel is the fastest-growing Israel support group in America.
Fellow Travelers
Monday, July 26, 2010 by Toby Tabachnik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A "Noahide" organization has launched a website to connect Gentiles drawn to Judaism but not ready to convert.
Matisyahu Made Me Cry
Monday, July 26, 2010 by Hampton Stevens | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Hasidic reggae reduces a critic to tears.