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My Vienna
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 by Phyllis Chesler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A violent attack on a Chabad rabbi last weekend spurs reflections on a city of Jewish dreams and nightmares.
Abbas’s No to Netanyahu’s Yes
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 by Jonathan Tobin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The freeze on building in Jewish settlements has earned little or no credit in Europe or among Israel's Arab interlocutors and foes.
Rebecca and the Cash Nexus
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 by Daphne Merkin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Why do money and money-making figure so prominently in the literature provided by American Girl for its first Jewish doll?
No Time to Be Silent
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 by Yair Sheleg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Unless countered by religious moderates, increasing extremism in Israel’s national-religious camp will feed a corresponding extremism among secular Israelis.
The Scrooge of Hanukkah
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 by Robert M. Goldberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

On the dishonesty of Tony Judt.
Amplifying anti-Semitism
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 by Laura Kam | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

On the eve of a global conference in Jerusalem, a summary look at the role of media in the new wave of physical and verbal attacks on Jews.
The Last Jews of Beirut
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 by Josie Ensor | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The collapse of efforts to restore a historic synagogue signals the impending demise of a once-flourishing Jewish community.
Under the Influence
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 by Martin Goodman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

“The question for historians of Judaism is not whether Jews borrowed from Hellenism, but what they did with what they borrowed.” Richly illustrated.
Are Israelis Down on Obama?
Monday, December 14, 2009 by Amjad Atallah and Daniel Levy | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Not really; but they see little benefit in changing the status quo.
Inconvenient Truths
Monday, December 14, 2009 by Andrew Roberts | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

“Britain has never been much more than a fair-weather friend to Jewish national aspirations.”