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Saudia Arabia by the Numbers
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 by David Pollock | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

New public-opinion polls, reliable but highly limited in scope, yield a number of surprising results.
Who Are the Neturei Karta?
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 by Jonathan Mark | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A group once linked with the Satmar Hasidism is now increasingly on its own in combining ultra-Orthodoxy with anti-Zionist zealotry.
Why Yiddish?
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 by Ruth R. Wisse | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A "minor" culture has staged a rally, though an unstable one, at some American universities.
Al-Durra: The Affair that Never Ends
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 by Benjamin Joffe-Walt | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A new Italian documentary joins several recent others on an alleged Israeli shooting that has entered into mythology.
Breakthrough?
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 by Stephen Tignor | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In a political victory of sorts, an Israeli player has been allowed to participate in a Dubai tennis tournament; off-site, her movements are restricted to a sealed-off floor in a hotel.
Jews vs. Joseph Lieberman
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 by Benjamin Kerstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

For some, the Connecticut Senator is a disgrace not only to liberalism but also to Judaism.
Learning from Orthodox Judaism
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 by Rod Dreher | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Does a recent analysis of Orthodoxy's strengths apply to Christianity as well?
What Conservative Judaism Needs
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 by Arnold Eisen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In an interview, the chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary outlines his vision.
Bagels & Schmooze
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 by Marian Scott | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In Montreal, the cadences of Yiddish still permeate the community, and beyond.
Lost in the Mail?
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 by Jacob Shrybman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The only NGO to provide the Goldstone Commission with the human story of Sederot is still waiting for its check from the New Israel Fund.