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Killing Their Own
Friday, March 5, 2010 by Shay Fogelman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In the first intifada, more Palestinians were murdered by Palestinian authorities than by Israel; the tally for the second intifada stands at 593, and those not executed were horribly tortured. Human-rights groups seem uninterested.
In Old Cordoba
Friday, March 5, 2010 by Daniel Savery | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A walking tour through the town where Maimonides was born.
“I owe a great debt to Jews”
Thursday, March 4, 2010 by Jessica Elgot | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Michael Foot, a leader of the old British Labor party, has died at 96.
The Desert Rat
Thursday, March 4, 2010 by Jake Wallis Simons | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In 1944, Denis Avey broke into Auschwitz and swapped identities with a Jewish inmate. Now, at 91, he reveals why. Listen.
Milking Dubai
Thursday, March 4, 2010 by Jackson Diehl | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Arab and European media revel in excoriating Israel for deeds the same media excuse or ignore when practiced by other governments.
A Game of Chance?
Thursday, March 4, 2010 by Neria Guttel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A learned and fascinating book delves into the significance of lotteries—and of coincidence and randomness—in Judaism.
Unorthodox Methods
Thursday, March 4, 2010 by Liana B. Baker | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A modern-Orthodox rabbi in San Francisco reverses a congregation's decline; Twitter figures in the strategy, as do Super Bowl parties.
Israel Is No Rogue
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 by Andrew Roberts | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Critics of Israel's actions in Dubai and elsewhere are completely wrong.
Prize Find
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 by Hershel Shanks | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A broken pottery shard bears, in ink, the oldest Hebrew inscription ever discovered.
Loving Israel
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 by Barry Rubin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Whatever the elites may think, the American people continue to favor Israel overwhelmingly.