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After ApartheidTuesday, August 28, 2012 by David Hazony | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
While many South African Jews actively opposed apartheid, post-apartheid South Africa has not proved entirely hospitable to the Jewish community.Barack vs. Barak
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 by Oren Kessler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Once Israel’s dovish prime minister, Ehud Barak has emerged as the champion of military action against Iran, much to Washington’s chagrin.No, No, and No Again
Monday, August 27, 2012 by Tamara Zieve | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
This week in 1967, the Arab League passed the Khartoum resolution, stating that there would be no negotiation with Israel, no recognition of Israel, and no peace with Israel.Fortune Favors the Bold
Monday, August 27, 2012 by Forsan Hussein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
He used to work on a building site. Now he’s got an MBA from Harvard and runs the Jerusalem YMCA. But the life story of this Israeli Arab is both an inspiration and an indictment. (Interview by David Horovitz)Bias at the Beeb?
In 2004, the BBC commissioned a report to allay public fears that its coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was partial. Now it has spent half a million dollars to ensure that the report isn’t released.Both Same and Different
Monday, August 27, 2012 by Alan Brill | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Many of the differences between Judaism and Christianity are not greater than the differences within Judaism or Christianity itself. (PDF; pp.4-8)
How the Sinai Peacekeeping Force Staged a Military Coup in FijiMonday, August 27, 2012 by Diana Muir Appelbaum | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
It sounds like the plot of a Hollywood black comedy. A tiny, poor, but democratic country decides to help its young men get jobs by joining international peacekeeping forces in the Middle East.
The Road Not TakenFriday, August 24, 2012 by Johanna Kaplan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In my unusually large, far-flung, contentious, loopy contingent of maternal first cousins, the quandary of aliyah, or not, at one time or another, has possessed—pierced—nearly all of us. And this is so despite the great divergence in our ages, interests, temperaments . . .
Friday, August 24, 2012 by Pierre Manent | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
By creating the nation-state, Europe resolved centuries of tension between Christianity and civic duty. Now Europe has deserted both, but the modern project continues apace.