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The High Cost of American Jewish Living
Monday, March 1, 2010 by Jack Wertheimer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The economic recession has exacerbated an ongoing and multifaceted crisis.
Glittering Mugabe
Monday, March 1, 2010 by Ron Friedman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Israel chairs a UN-sanctioned program aimed at preventing trade in Zimbabwean diamonds mined with forced labor; its members include countries with which Israel has no diplomatic relations.
In Djerba: Safe, for Now
Monday, March 1, 2010 by Bataween | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Under Ben Ali's firm rule, Jews feel secure on a picturesque Tunisian island hit by a devastating 2002 al-Qaeda attack; but for how long?
Let Them be Soothed
Friday, February 26, 2010 by Carlo Strenger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In an op-ed apparently not intended as a Purim spoof, a Tel Aviv psychologist proposes to heal the trauma of Palestinians and Israelis by allowing the former to vent their "rage and pain," the latter their "fear."
Far from Enough
Friday, February 26, 2010 by Israel Harel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In the work of self-examination, religious Zionists must go beyond issues of sexual abuse.
Nazism and Political Islam
Friday, February 26, 2010 by Jeffrey Herf | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Arabic-language broadcasts during World War II presage the violently anti-Semitic Islamism of recent decades.
Unburying the Past
Friday, February 26, 2010 by Michael Freund | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In Przemsyl, Poland, a centuries-old cemetery, most of its tombstones long plundered, has been returned to Jewish control.
The All-Inclusive Holiday
Friday, February 26, 2010 by Shai Held | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Purim's religious themes comprehend, one by one, the teachings of every other holiday of the Jewish year.
Are Asian Americans the “New Jews”?
Thursday, February 25, 2010 by Jeff Yang | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In some ways, yes; in other ways, more so than Jews themselves; in still other ways, not at all.
Jesus and the Chief Rabbi
Thursday, February 25, 2010 by Sandro Magister | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

As Pope Benedict finishes his own biography of Jesus, an earlier Italian book about the founder of Christianity has just been republished. Its author: a chief rabbi of Rome who in 1945 would notoriously convert to Roman Catholicism.