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Prospects for American Judaism
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 by Lance J. Sussman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A new book celebrates the outlook for non-Orthodox religious life; reason and evidence would suggest otherwise.
Another Historic Find
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 by Jonathan Tobin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Providing fresh evidence of the Davidic monarchy, an archaeological dig in Jerusalem further repudiates anti-Zionist and Arab denials of ancient Jewish connections to the city.
A Population Bomb
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 by Brad A. Greenberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A New York Times feature on the late Yitta Schwartz mused admiringly on her 2,000 living descendants. It omitted mention of the steadily shrinking numbers of American Jews as a whole.
Ambassador to Islam?
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 by Paul Marshall | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The United States is legitimizing the Organization of the Islamic Conference. Why?
Can Iran Be Contained?
Monday, February 22, 2010 by James M. Lindsay and Ray Takeyh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Not unless it can be stopped short of becoming a nuclear power, which means not without a credible threat of military action.
Why No Jewish Narnia
Monday, February 22, 2010 by Michael Weingrad | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Is it a coincidence that Jews have contributed less to modern fantasy than to any other literary genre?
Flirting with Damascus
Monday, February 22, 2010 by David Schenker | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Washington's year of "engaging" with Syria has yielded few if any positive results, and is unlikely to produce more.
A “White Intifada”
Monday, February 22, 2010 by Shaul Mishal and Doron Mazza | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The shift toward a human-rights agenda in international diplomacy could lead to a new Palestinian strategy, and requires pre-emptive action by Israel.
The Coca-Cola Rabbi
Monday, February 22, 2010 by Gail Lichtman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

On the yortsayt of a remarkable figure of Southern Orthodoxy.
If Israel Killed al-Mabhouh, Did it Have the Right?
Friday, February 19, 2010 by Alan M. Dershowitz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Legally and morally, yes.