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Demonizing Israel is Bad for Palestinians
Monday, August 2, 2010 by Mudar Zahran | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In relentlessly focusing their hostility on the Jewish state, the media turn a blind eye to the decades-long oppression and persecution of Palestinians at the hands of their fellow Arabs.
Burying History
Monday, August 2, 2010 by Nir Hasson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

By allowing the Muslim Waqf to carry out unsupervised excavations on the Temple Mount, Israeli authorities have enabled the destruction of Jewish archeological treasures.
More is More
Monday, August 2, 2010 by James Walton | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In The Finkler Question, the British novelist Howard Jacobson lets rip with exhilaratingly over-the-top portraits of, among other types, a group calling itself "Ashamed Jews."
Memories of Kerala
Monday, August 2, 2010 by Barbara C. Johnson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The millennia-old heritage of the Jews of India has been partially preserved by the 4,000-strong Cochin community now living in Israel.
All the Treasures of Spain
Friday, July 30, 2010 by Maia Efrem | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

New York's first annual Sephardic book fair was a quiet success. (With video.)
Playing with Fire
Friday, July 30, 2010 by Lee Smith | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The author rebuts detractors of his earlier article about the ubiquity of anti-Semitic comments on mainstream websites and offers a "Jew Baiter's Lexicon" of terms frequently used to discredit supporters of Israel.
Punctuality Improvement Program
Friday, July 30, 2010 by Karl Taro Greenfeld | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Amid a ruined marriage, a dissolute writer learns the art of fatherhood. (A story.)
Loving and Leaving Europe Loving and Leaving Europe
Friday, July 30, 2010 by Allan Nadler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

According to a recent report in the European press, dozens of French Jews who, in the aftermath of World War II, were compelled to adopt Gallic-sounding names are now demanding to be allowed to revert to their Jewish originals. There is a deep irony here: the supposedly Jewish names being reclaimed are in fact the artificial and often arbitrary ones originally imposed in 1787 by the Austrian emperor, Joseph II, as part of his larger aim of integrating the Jews of Central Europe into Germanic society and culture.
Questions for the “New York Times”
Friday, July 30, 2010 by Andrea Levin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Will the paper's new public editor address the mountain of complaints about its distorted coverage of Israel and the Middle East?
Uncovering Shiloh
Friday, July 30, 2010 by Gil Ronen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The city that was ancient Israel's capital for 400 years is the object of ongoing excavations.