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Unleavened PoliticsWednesday, September 1, 2010 by Fred MacDowell | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In a declassified 1976 document, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and the president of the ultra-Orthodox Agudath Israel discuss the shipment of matzah into the Soviet Union.What is Moderate Islam?
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The controversy over a proposed mosque in lower Manhattan has spurred a wider debate about Islam; six leading thinkers weigh in. A symposium.Alphabet Coup
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 by Anson Rainey and Orly Goldwasser | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Who invented the alphabet: sophisticated West Semitic scribes, or illiterate turquoise miners? A debate.No Such Thing
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 by Tamar Sternthal | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The former head of Meretz has applauded a boycott by Israeli theater professionals who won't be "dragged" to the settlement of Ariel on "Jewish-only apartheid roads." Which roads are those?Both Sides Now
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 by Trymaine Lee | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Black Orthodox Jews, who form insular but highly energized communities, are making inroads in public awareness.
Arab Moderates: Help, or Hindrance?Tuesday, August 31, 2010 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
At the re-launching of direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, attention will be focused on Mahmoud Abbas and Benjamin Netanyahu. But Egypt's ailing president, Hosni Mubarak, will also be in attendance, as will Jordan's King Abdullah II. To maintain their bona fides as Arab moderates, the two men helped cajole Abbas to resume face-to-face negotiations with Israel. So did other Arab states in the U.S. orbit, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the Emirates.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 by Rahel Musleah | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Yasmin Levy, whose music is like a "deep pool of exquisite yearning and heartbreak," is the international voice—and face—of Ladino song.Crackdown in France
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 by Devorah Lauter | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
President Nicolas Sarkozy's tough new security-related initiatives have earned widespread denunciation—but not from French Jews.
World Jewish CongressMonday, August 30, 2010 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In a show of solidarity with Israel, leaders of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) will be gathering in Jerusalem at the end of the month. Not to be confused with the American Jewish Congress, of which it was originally an outgrowth, or the World Zionist Congress, founded by Theodor Herzl, the WJC is an umbrella group of Diaspora organizations (including the European Jewish Congress, the Latin American Jewish Congress, and others) that defines itself somewhat grandly as "the diplomatic arm of the Jewish people." If you haven't heard of it, there's a reason.
Monday, August 30, 2010 by Elizabeth Weingarten | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Iranian Jews in America straddle at least three different societies and identities; still, they build their homes of brick, to last.