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Politics, Turkish-styleTuesday, June 15, 2010 by Semih Idiz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Evading tough issues at home, Prime Minister Erdogan rides a populist and Islamist wave with vitriolic anti-American and anti-Israel overtones.
World Zionist CongressTuesday, June 15, 2010 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The 36th congress of the World Zionist Organization (WZO) opens in Jerusalem today, bringing together hundreds of delegates drawn from political parties in Israel's Knesset as well as from Zionist and Jewish organizations in the Diaspora. On the agenda are subjects ranging from the condition of Zionism in Israeli society and worldwide, to settlement in Judea and Samaria, to Israel-Diaspora relations. Unfortunately, no matter how stimulating the speeches may be, no one anticipates any fateful decisions or even any serious grappling with existential questions.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 by Judith Shulevitz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Have editors and critics committed a posthumous literary injustice against the author of Call it Sleep and his unfinished, late-life stream of confessional narrative?Rebel with a Cello
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 by Ezra Glinter | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Playing with classical orthodoxies, the work of the Israeli musician Maya Beiser is inspired by cross-cultural influences. (With video.)
What Israel Ta-Shma SawMonday, June 14, 2010 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Among the 7,000 new titles featured in Israel's annual book festival last week was the fourth, final, and—sadly—posthumous volume of studies by Israel Ta-Shma (1936–2004), one of the great rabbinic scholars of modern times.
Monday, June 14, 2010 by Ted A. Smith and Amy-Jill Levine | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new report on Israel by the U.S. Presbyterian Church bears false witness against Jews and the Jewish state.Questions for Amos Oz
Monday, June 14, 2010 by Dina Porat | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The renowned author asserts that "Hamas is an idea." What kind of idea, exactly?Adult Children of the Dream
Monday, June 14, 2010 by Lawrence Rifkin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Of the 270 kibbutzim in Israel, many are doing very well indeed. But what now defines a kibbutz?The Samaritans’ Temple?
Monday, June 14, 2010 by Chaim Levinson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
At the peak of Mount Gerizim lie the well-preserved remains of a 2,000-year-old city.Love Conquers All
Monday, June 14, 2010 by Naomi Schaefer Riley | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Intermarriage may or may not make for a religiously tolerant society; but does it make for happy marriages?