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The Bahrain Crack-UpWednesday, August 10, 2011 by Lee Smith | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The relative quiet in Bahrain is due less to the phony national unity dialogue that was foisted on the opposition than the fact that there are still hundreds of people being detained by the government.Nuisance Diplomacy
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 by Rafael Medoff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
After many decades of being excluded from most history books and Holocaust museums, the 1940's rescue activists known collectively as the Bergson Group are finally receiving the recognition they deserve.
The New Sinai
The Sinai Peninsula is known for its aura of stillness. But amid the timeless mountains and endless dunes, the great crossroad between Africa and Asia is more active today, and potentially more explosive, than at any time in history.
Syria’s CrackdownWednesday, August 10, 2011 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The Sinai Peninsula is known for its aura of stillness. But amid the timeless mountains and endless dunes, the great crossroad between Africa and Asia is more active today, and potentially more explosive, than at any time in history.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The catastrophic assaults of Syria's Alawite ruling minority conform to fears it has expressed for 75 years of what majority rule would mean for them.On the Ninth of Av
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 by Frank Talmage | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In Catalonia, Spain, once the scene of centuries of Jewish hopes and achievement, a student of Jewish history is beset by a torrent of emotions.
The Palestinian Mandela?
To his Israeli backers, Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti is the "Palestinian [Nelson] Mandela." That image—of a principled, graying freedom fighter with the courage to move his people toward reconciliation—is promoted by political and cultural figures on the Israeli Left.
From Jerusalem’s Ancient TunnelsTuesday, August 9, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
To his Israeli backers, Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti is the "Palestinian [Nelson] Mandela." That image—of a principled, graying freedom fighter with the courage to move his people toward reconciliation—is promoted by political and cultural figures on the Israeli Left.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On the eve of Tisha b'Av, archaeologists 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.A Viable Palestinian State?
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 by Michael Curtis | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
One day, perhaps, but under present conditions the attempt to establish such a state might well jeopardize the chances of its coming to pass in the future.Banking on the (Jewish) Past
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 by Alex Weisler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Cologne, Germany's fourth largest city, is investing tens of millions to unearth the remains of its old Jewish quarter in hopes of attracting tourists.Cretins against Israel
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 by David Aaronovitch | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On Gilad Atzmon, Alan Hart, and other fixtures on Britain's media circuit of anti-Zionist and anti-Jewish bilge.