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Israel’s Cinema Comes of Age
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 by Hannah Brown | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Reviewing a breakout decade of Israeli movies.
No Israeli Films Allowed
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 by Tuvia Tenenbom | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

At the Tribeca Film Festival in Qatar, Israel and Israelis were un-persons. (Originally in Die Zeit.)
Preconceived Preoccupation
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 by Paul Kujawsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Recent articles underline the fundamental legality of Israel's presence in the West Bank, whether or not Israel decides to stay there.
What was Bothering Nehama Leibowitz?
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 by Judah S. Harris | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A weeklong seminar lovingly and at times critically explored the legacy of one of the 20th century's most influential teachers of the Hebrew Bible.
High Security, Little Bother
Monday, January 4, 2010 by Cathal Kelly | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Why are Israel's airport-security measures so effective and yet so relatively quick?
The Coming Arab World
Monday, January 4, 2010 by Ezzedine Choukri Fishere | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Political illegitimacy, growing popular Islamism, rampant anti-rationalism: a triple whammy that will likely drive the Arab world into further belligerency.
Out of Zion, Edutainment
Monday, January 4, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Writing anonymously, an Orthodox educator picks apart the steady dilution of Jewish learning in Israel's supposedly intensive "gap year" programs.
Gen-X Zionist
Monday, January 4, 2010 by Greg Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

An American immigrant traces his journey from idealist, to ideologue, to sober celebrator of Zionist reality.
Whatever Happened to American Jewish Literature?
Monday, January 4, 2010 by Scott Jaschick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Today's English departments offer courses in just about every ethnic literature—except one.
Reality Calls
Monday, December 21, 2009 by Michael J. Totten | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In a new study of Arab public opinion, a clear majority considers Iran a greater threat than Israel.