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Expel the AmbassadorThursday, September 8, 2011 by Yossi Melman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel should expel the Lithuanian ambassador until his country stops rewriting history, granting pardons to Nazi collaborators and even accusing Holocaust survivors of "war crimes."
Mysteries of the MenorahThursday, September 8, 2011 by Meir Soloveichik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
On the eve of Tisha b'Av, 2011, archeologists revealed artifacts newly unearthed from the great Jewish revolt against Rome (67–70 C.E.), including coins minted by the rebels and a stone incised with a sketch of the Temple menorah. But what is the menorah, and what does it symbolize?
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 by David Hazony | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
From beginning to end, this week's reading offers a catalog of value-laden statements about how the ancient Israelites were to become a good people.Judaism without God
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Fifteen Jewish thinkers weigh in on the question of whether Judaism can exist, or can endure, without a belief in God.A Voice of One’s Own
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 by D.G. Myers | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
What makes American Jewish novelists different from other American novelists—and almost instantly recognizable as Jewish?
Mossad and Morality on FilmWednesday, September 7, 2011 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Most films conform to conventions that reflect the attitudes of their filmmakers, and films about the Mossad, or Israel Secret Intelligence Service, are no different. Hollywood's latest is a well-acted exploration of Israeli intelligence failures, moral ambiguities, and, of course, Jewish guilt.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 by Yasmine El Rashidi | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An Egyptian journalist reports on the recent wave of anti-Israel demonstrations and the virulent attitudes toward the Jewish state on display everywhere in the new Egypt.Goodbye, Golden Rose
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 by Tom Gross | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The last traces of the 420,000 Jews murdered by Nazis in the once-vibrant Lviv are being buried under casinos and car parks.Statehood Temptations
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 by Louis René Beres | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Any new state of Palestine would be carved out of the still-living body of Israel, with an obviously injurious impact on Israel's security as well as on U.S. strategic interests.