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Telling Israel Like It Is—In ArabicTuesday, October 23, 2012 by Philippe Assouline | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Boshra Khalaila, an Israeli Arab, has suffered for defending Israel internationally. “But to be accused of treason,” she says, “is the price you have to pay to make a difference.”God Bless the Science
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 by Baruch Sterman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Judaism has a blessing for even the most mundane of occasions. What is the blessing, then, that a researcher should recite upon making a spectacular scientific discovery?Game Theory Discovers the Torah
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 by Jonathan Sacks | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Sophisticated game theorists have established the optimal formula for human well being: the covenants of justice and mercy established between God and Noah after the flood.Likud: the New Labor?
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 by Avi Shushan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Likud once distinguished itself from Labor by paying some attention to Sephardic Jews. But to judge by the current candidates, “today’s Likud is identical to the party it once loathed.”Israel’s Shifting Demographics
Monday, October 22, 2012 by Yoram Ettinger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel's Jewish population surges and fertility rates across the Arab world collapse. It seems Jews won't become a minority between the Jordan and the Mediterranean anytime soon. Mossad’s Greatest Hits
Monday, October 22, 2012 by Larry Getlen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
From the capture of Adolf Eichmann to Ehud Barak's undercover cross-dressing, a new book lays bare the greatest missions of the Israeli secret service. So, Was Jesus Married After All?
Monday, October 22, 2012 by Peter Berger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The excitement wanes around a sensational discovery, but the question is not so easily settled. Closing the Gaps
Monday, October 22, 2012 by Ron Gerlitz and Batya Kallus | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Over the last ten years, the Israeli government has initiated significant and innovative processes to close the gaps of inequality, advance economic development, and promote employment for its Arab population.Florida’s Jewish Question
Monday, October 22, 2012 by Shmuel Rosner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
No one knows for sure if confused Jewish voters contributed significantly to the 2000 election debacle. But there are many reasons why it won’t happen again.To Each His Abraham
Friday, October 19, 2012 by Peter Monaghan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In Inheriting Abraham, Bible scholar Jon D. Levenson shows that while Jews, Christians, and Muslims all consider themselves the patriarch's children, they aren't talking about the same Abraham.

