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Antioch DivideTuesday, June 22, 2010 by Adele Reinhartz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Examining the stark attitudes toward Judaism of the early Christian theologian Ignatius, a new book revises current thinking about the "parting of the ways" between the two religions.Jewish Treasures
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 by Jose Rodriguez | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A magnificent collection of precious music, art, rare books, and historical archives has found a new home in California. (Illustrated)
Isolating GazaTuesday, June 22, 2010 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
A week ago, in the aftermath of the failed attempt by a Turkish flotilla to defy Israel's maritime quarantine of the Gaza Strip and the ensuing deaths of nine Turkish mercenaries on board, foreign ministers of the 27-nation European Union agreed that Israel's blockade of the Hamas-governed enclave was "unsustainable" and "politically counterproductive." Meeting in Luxembourg, they heard Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign-policy czar, proclaim that Gaza's "dangerous isolation" had to end.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 by Ari Z. Zivotofsky and Ari Greenspan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Visits to the dwindling Jewish communities of Alexandria and Cairo disclose remnants of a recently vibrant civilization.Before Mao
Monday, June 21, 2010 by Matt Nesvisky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A visit to Harbin in China recalls a briefly vibrant Jewish community with a strong Zionist heritage that by the mid-1920s numbered 25,000 souls.Cairo’s Election Omen
Monday, June 21, 2010 by J. Scott Carpenter and Dina Guirguis | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Voting for Egypt's upper house was marred by low turnout, fraud, and violence: a portent of next year's presidential election?Not of This World
Monday, June 21, 2010 by Ariel Hirschfeld | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
First he read ardently from Israel's Declaration of Independence and Psalm 137; then the pianist Evgeny Kissin played a fiery Chopin Scherzo and accepted an honorary doctorate from the Hebrew University.Pioneer to the Past
Monday, June 21, 2010 by Lee Lawrence | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
James Henry Breasted's role in reshaping our understanding of the ancient Near East is illuminated in an exhibit at the University of Chicago.
Identity CheckMonday, June 21, 2010 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Central to a recent, hotly-debated essay by Peter Beinart is the contention that younger American Jews, overwhelmingly of liberal disposition, are increasingly distanced and alienated from Israel—and that the major reason why is to be found in Israel's own posture and behavior. Is this indeed so?
Monday, June 21, 2010 by Lee Smith | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel may pay the price of Washington's pursuit of "moderate elements" within Hizballah and other extremist groups.