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Kafka’s LegacyWednesday, July 21, 2010 by Tony Paterson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Safe-deposit boxes opened in a Zurich bank contain unpublished manuscripts by the Czech-born Jewish writer. But who owns them?Schism Coming?
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
U.S. Conservative and Reform leaders are lobbying against a Knesset bill that some warn could "tear apart" the Jewish people. (Text and audio.) In the view of the Rabbinical Council of America, representing modern-Orthodox rabbis, the bill "may not be perfect" but "contains much to commend it."AMIA Amnesia
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 by Eamonn McDonagh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Sixteen years after a massacre at the Buenos Aires Jewish community center, the Argentine government embraces the closest friends of the slaughterers.Unauthorized Autobiography
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 by Jeff Barak | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Israeli television personality Yair Lapid has written—in the first-person posthumous—the life story of his father Tommy, a famous political figure and journalist.Call Me by My Name
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 by Kim Willsher | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Two generations ago, Jewish immigrants to France Gallicized their surnames; today, some of their descendants are reclaiming the originals.Shock and Law
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 by Ruth Lapidoth | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An overview of the legal basis for Israel's naval blockade of Gaza.Fascinated by Hebrew?
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 by Asaf Shtull-Trauring | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new website offers a comprehensive, user-friendly guide to all matters relating to the modern language.
Who’s Against a Two-State Solution?Tuesday, July 20, 2010 by Efraim Karsh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
"Two states, living side by side in peace and security." This, in the words of President Barack Obama, is the solution to the century-long conflict between Jews and Palestinian Arabs in the Middle East. Washington is fully and determinedly on board. So are the Europeans. The UN and the "international community" vociferously agree. Successive governments of the state of Israel have shown their support for the idea. So far, there is—just as there has always been—only one holdout.
Monday, July 19, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
April 20, 1945: for a BBC broadcast, emaciated survivors of the Nazi death camp defiantly sing the Jewish national anthem. (Audio)
Tisha b’Av NowMonday, July 19, 2010 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Tomorrow is Tisha b'Av, the traditional day of fasting and lamentation for the destruction of the First and Second Temples and the sorrows of Jewish history. But ours is a moment of unprecedented Jewish sovereignty and unparalleled Jewish prosperity. And so, many are asking, why bother?