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Minority ReportTuesday, January 10, 2012 by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The identity of Middle Eastern Christians has been shaped more by linguistic and cultural Arabization than it has by a simple desire to avoid persecution.Why the Nazis Hated Jazz
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 by J.J. Gould | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
For one thing, there are the "Jewishly gloomy lyrics," set against the "hysterical rhythmic reverses characteristic of the barbarian races." Dig?
The Couch and the ConfessionalTuesday, January 10, 2012 by Joseph J. Siev | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Sigmund Freud's last book, Moses and Monotheism, was published in 1939, a year after he fled, mortally ill with cancer of the jaw, from Nazi-occupied Vienna to London. The book is famous for its speculations that Moses was not Jewish and that the people he led out of Egyptian slavery murdered him.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 by Sohrab Ahmari | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Unable to restore a shrine with a prominent Star of David in Iran, a U.S. organization and an Iranian-American architect are reviving the site in cyberspace.UN-occupied
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 by Hillel C. Neuer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Now that even Hamas accepts that Gaza is not occupied territory, why does the UN persist in claiming that it is?All (and That Means All) Aboard
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 by Anshel Pfeffer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
It's years overdue, billions over budget, and with a route of debatable efficiency, but Jerusalem's light rail system may yet prove that coexistence is possible.
Judaism on SteroidsMonday, January 9, 2012 by Micah Stein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Ryan Braun, the reigning MVP of baseball's National League, is having a rough offseason. On December 12, ESPN reported that Braun had tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug (PED) after a league-mandated drug test revealed elevated levels of testosterone in his system.
Monday, January 9, 2012 by David Golinkin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
How should the State of Israel respond to the increasing religious policing around the Western Wall that is slowly but surely turning the area into a Haredi synagogue? (PDF)An Eye for Genius
Monday, January 9, 2012 by Arthur Lubow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
When Leo Stein first saw Matisse's Woman with a Hat, he thought it "the nastiest smear of paint" he had ever encountered. But for five weeks, he and his sister Gertrude went repeatedly to look at it. The Perils of Self-Deception
Monday, January 9, 2012 by Colin Rubenstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
To imagine that anti-Semitism would evaporate if Israel signed a peace deal with the Palestinians is sheer fantasy. So why do pundits and policymakers regularly make this claim?