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Yearning to Breathe Free
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 by Khaled Abu Toameh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Palestinians, Africans, and asylum-seekers throughout the Arab world dream of living in Israel.
By the Waters of Lebanon
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 by Bassem Mroue | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The discovery of large natural-gas reserves off the coast of northern Israel has already sparked threats from Hizballah, and could spark war.
In the Cage of Feeling In the Cage of Feeling
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Last week marked the hundredth birthday of Natan Alterman, one of the greatest and most dramatic of modern Hebrew poets and, in another aspect of his persona, a compelling and strong-minded commentator on contemporary events.
An Instructive Stalemate?
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 by Natan Sharansky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The impasse over Israel's conversion bill presents a unique opportunity for debate, discussion, and even, one hopes, the discovery of common ground.
Le Train de Vie
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 by Sammy Loren | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

An eccentric Parisian restaurateur hosts a thriving Ashkenazi music scene.
It’s Hizballah, Stupid
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 by Elias Youssef Bejjani | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Not al Qaeda but Hizballah is the world's most dangerous terrorist organization, in control of the Lebanese government and fully backed by Iran; will the world stand up to it, or succumb?
Revisiting a Scandal
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 by Yair Ettinger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The personal archive of Amram Blau, leader of the anti-Zionist Neturei Karta sect, sheds light on the notorious marriage he made a decade before his death.
Upstart Dove
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 by Benny Morris | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A contentious historian interviews Israeli President Shimon Peres on foreign relations, nuclear deterrence, his relationships with David Ben-Gurion and Yasir Arafat, and more. .
“I Am an Israeli”
Monday, July 26, 2010 by Jennifer Rubin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Why John Hagee's Christians United for Israel is the fastest-growing Israel support group in America.
Fellow Travelers
Monday, July 26, 2010 by Toby Tabachnik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A "Noahide" organization has launched a website to connect Gentiles drawn to Judaism but not ready to convert.