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Mighty JacobsonTuesday, October 11, 2011 by Shana Rosenblatt Mauer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
However darkly comic and compelling, the thick Manchester jargon and Yiddishisms of Howard Jacobson's Mighty Walzer may prove prohibitive for American readers. Ignoring Hamas
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 by Kenneth Bandler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Rather than deal with troubling Palestinian realities, world leaders seem to pay attention to Gaza only when there is a confrontation involving Israel.
Political ContrailTuesday, October 11, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
This month marks the 30th anniversary of an emotionally fraught and bitterly waged political confrontation between the Reagan administration and the organized Jewish community.
Monday, October 10, 2011 by Kasim Hafeez | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
There is pervasive anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism on British campuses; just ask a British student, raised to venerate Hitler as a hero, who has now become a Zionist.Who am I?
Monday, October 10, 2011 by Saul Bellow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In a 1988 talk, Saul Bellow ponders in what order he is a writer, an American, and a Jew—and why.The Failure of the Arab Spring
Monday, October 10, 2011 by Martin Peretz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
This year's uprisings have not brought and for the foreseeable future are unlikely to bring democracy to the Arab world.Small Victory
Monday, October 10, 2011 by Anshel Pfeffer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
By ostentatiously listing himself as "without religion," the novelist Yoram Kaniuk has confirmed the failure of secular Israelis to provide an alternative vision of Judaism.Her Price is Far Above . . . .
Monday, October 10, 2011 by Philologos | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The King James Version puts the price of a virtuous woman above "rubies"; others say "pearls" or "corals." Who is right?
Muslims and Jews in AmericaMonday, October 10, 2011 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Consider these two questions: During the past ten years, approximately 170 American Muslims have been arrested for plotting terror attacks against Jews or materially aiding other terrorists.
Friday, October 7, 2011 by Alan Mintz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Haim Be'er's masterful new novel does something unique in Israeli literature: it examines the inner life of an ultra-Orthodox rabbi.