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Lebanon’s Unholy Bedfellows
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 by Hilal Khashan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In Lebanon the Maronites are Christian liberals, while the Shiites are Islamic theocrats.  The contradiction hasn’t kept them from an alliance based on resentment of Sunni domination.
Homeshuling
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 by Steve Lipman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

As the cost of Jewish schools in America soars, several hundred families have taken to educating their children at home. 
The Last Totalitarian
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 by Benjamin Kerstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Noam Chomsky is more or less the last survivor of a group of intellectuals who thought systemic political violence was essentially a good thing. (Interview by Michael J. Totten)
One Small Step
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 by Michael Pitkowsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Neil Armstrong was more excited to walk the stairs leading to Jerusalem’s Temple than to walk on the moon.
Is “Torah from Heaven” a Myth?
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 by Simon Rocker | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

And by “myth,” do we mean an imaginative recreation of the past, or simply an invented past?
After Apartheid
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 by David Hazony | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

While many South African Jews actively opposed apartheid, post-apartheid South Africa has not proved entirely hospitable to the Jewish community.
Barack vs. Barak
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 by Oren Kessler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Once Israel’s dovish prime minister, Ehud Barak has emerged as the champion of military action against Iran, much to Washington’s chagrin.
No, No, and No Again
Monday, August 27, 2012 by Tamara Zieve | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

This week in 1967, the Arab League passed the Khartoum resolution, stating that there would be no negotiation with Israel, no recognition of Israel, and no peace with Israel.
Fortune Favors the Bold
Monday, August 27, 2012 by Forsan Hussein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

He used to work on a building site. Now he’s got an MBA from Harvard and runs the Jerusalem YMCA. But the life story of this Israeli Arab is both an inspiration and an indictment. (Interview by David Horovitz)
Bias at the Beeb?
Monday, August 27, 2012 by | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In 2004, the BBC commissioned a report to allay public fears that its coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was partial. Now it has spent half a million dollars to ensure that the report isn’t released.