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Munich MisrememberedWednesday, September 5, 2012 by Daniel Gelernter | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Forty years ago, on September 5, 1972, eight Arab terrorists broke into the Israeli apartments at the Munich Olympic village, murdered two athletes, and took nine hostage. After a day of failed negotiations, aborted rescue attempts, and a shootout, not a single hostage survived.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 by Daniel Halper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As in years past, the 2012 platform of the national Democratic Party affirms its unwavering support for Israel’s security interests, right? Well, not exactly.Was Bach an Anti-Semite?
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 by David Conway | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
His St. John Passion has anti-Jewish passages, and Hitler loved him. But in light of Bach’s life, it is no surprise that his work was preserved by Jews.Swedes Wear Kippot—with Police Protection
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 by Ilya Meyer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Sweden recently saw a striking event: Swedish Jews, normally invisible, demonstrating by wearing kippot en masse. They needed the police guard to protect against Islamic extremists.Yasir Arafat Poisoned?
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 by Juliane von Mittelstaedt and Volkhard Windfuhr | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Eight years after Arafat’s mysterious death in Paris, the French have begun a criminal investigation. Who poisoned him? The Israelis? Or, with outside help, his Palestinian comrades?The Talmud in Dutch, a Tribute
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 by Cnaan Liphshiz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Holocaust survivor Jacob de Leeuwe has finished translating the first tractate into Dutch, in a tribute to a vanishing community and a work of "tikkun."