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When David Defends GoliathWednesday, December 7, 2011 by Arthur Herman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
After decades of depending on the Pentagon for military technology, Israel's defense industry is gaining a competitive advantage over its American rival. Indeed, the U.S. is becoming one of its best customers.
Returning to Pearl Harbor
On Sunday, December 7, 1941, Vernon Olsen was a 21-year-old seaman assigned to mess hall duty aboard the USS Arizona, a battleship moored in the calm waters of Pearl Harbor. At 7:55 that morning, the ship's air raid alarm sounded.
Paging Dr. PaulWednesday, December 7, 2011 by Micah Stein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
On Sunday, December 7, 1941, Vernon Olsen was a 21-year-old seaman assigned to mess hall duty aboard the USS Arizona, a battleship moored in the calm waters of Pearl Harbor. At 7:55 that morning, the ship's air raid alarm sounded.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 by Seth Lipsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Republican Jewish Coalition may see Ron Paul's ideas as outside the mainstream—but isn't the whole idea of an organization of Jewish Republicans worrying about the mainstream a bit contradictory?Inside Adbusters
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 by Michael C. Moynihan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In the apocalyptic vision of the magazine that sparked the Occupy Wall Street movement, the ravages of capitalism compete only with Zionism to cause the most harm to planet Earth.“Very plain, very severe”
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 by Ezra Glinter | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Curating an exhibit of Hanukkah lamps, Maurice Sendak chose simple pieces that recall the family that he lost in the Holocaust. (Slideshow)The Last Jews of Iraq
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
With interviews, archive recordings, and contemporary music, one child of Iraqi Jewish immigrants brings the community's vibrancy to life. (Audio)The Middle-Class Needy and the Gemah
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 by Samuel G. Freedman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The age-old Jewish free loan system is now meeting credit needs created by such resolutely modern causes as subprime mortgages, outsourcing, and credit default swaps.Will Israel Win the Energy Prize?
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 by Jerry Gordon | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel's leaders must grimly balance threats against its existence from a nuclear Iran with protection of its valuable oil and gas properties from predator Arab states and Turkey.Counter-Myths
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 by Daniel Johnson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An abstract affection for Jews did not invariably translate into a predilection for them in practice. Milton's poetry did much to foster English Hebraism; but the poet himself could not abide the living Jews.The Painful Place
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 by Daphne Merkin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In defense of the Holocaust movie—the small, nuanced kind that revisits the horror without aid of big-name actors, triumphant romance, or grotesque humor.