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The Next Generation
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 by Jacob Berkman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In a new survey, young American Jewish leaders emerge as both critical of and involved in mainstream organizations, both knowledgeable about and relatively cool toward Israel.
The Dogs of War
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 by Ofer Aderet | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Rudolphina Menzel, an ardent Zionist and animal psychologist who trained guide dogs for the Israeli blind, began in the 1930's by supplying Hebrew-speaking dogs for the Austrian police and the German army.
Going Up, or Down?
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 by David Horovitz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

According to a longtime student of Israel's economy and education system, the country could become a model for the world—but not unless it undertakes critically urgent reforms.
Americans for Israel
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 by Jeff Jacoby | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Although congressional and popular support for the Jewish state remains firm, a look beneath the surface reveals a less than solid consensus.
The Jew in the Altarpiece
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 by Samuel Gruber | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

At an exhibit in New York, late-medieval church paintings from Spain feature striking images of synagogues, Jews at prayer, and other evidence of a community on the edge of extinction.
A Crisis with a Silver Lining?
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 by Daniel Pipes | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The complexity of U.S.-Israel relations, which go beyond politicians and issues of the moment, leaves much room for paradox and inadvertency.
The Wrong Linkage
Monday, April 12, 2010 by Ray Takeyh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Weakening the U.S. relationship with Israel will not advance but harm any opportunity of de-clawing Iran.
A New Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Monday, April 12, 2010 by Lauren Green | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In a forthcoming biography, the Lutheran pastor hanged by Hitler emerges as not only a resister but a war hero.
All in the (Jazz) Family
Monday, April 12, 2010 by Nat Hentoff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A book ten years in the making finally tells the full story of Jews and Jewish musical influences in jazz.
Looking for “Rachel”
Monday, April 12, 2010 by Nirit Anderman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The story of a suppressed 1960 film and its director lights up some all but forgotten corners of early Israeli culture.