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The Triangle Fire ArchiveFriday, March 25, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Documentation of and cultural response to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which claimed the lives of 146 garment workers on March 25, 1911—one hundred years ago today.
The Brothers al-KuwaitiFriday, March 25, 2011 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Remember "Baghdad Bob," Saddam Hussein's information minister? During the Iraq war, as the cameras showed U.S. tanks rolling through Baghdad, he took to the airwaves to assure his fellow Iraqis that not a single enemy tank had penetrated the city's defenses. As it happens, "Bob," whose real name was Muhammad Said al-Sahhaf, was a long-time expert in manufacturing absurd lies for domestic consumption.
Friday, March 25, 2011 by Daniel Henninger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
There are three routes to Middle East stability: the fist, militant Islam, and economic modernity. The stability offered by the first two is fake.
The Turkish ModelThursday, March 24, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Considering the current upheaval in the Arab world, some optimists foresee the possibility of Islamic parties coming to power by democratic means and the consequent emergence of Turkish-style political systems. But how firm is Turkey's own commitment to democratic principles?
Thursday, March 24, 2011 by Alana Goodman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In light of the recent terrorist attacks on Israel, will the social-media website finally remove a page calling for mass violence against Jews?The Pride of British Jewry
Thursday, March 24, 2011 by Rebecca Schischa | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Alongside and despite the new anti-Semitism, England today is witnessing a revival of Jewish culture, art, learning, and religious life.Ancient Currency
Thursday, March 24, 2011 by Michele Chabin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new study calls for using private-sector models to transform Israel's woefully underfunded "heritage" sites into revenue producers.Hasidic Rap
Thursday, March 24, 2011 by Binyomin Ginzberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Lipa Schmeltzer, a hugely popular hasidic singer, frightens the rabbis and sells out Madison Square Garden. (With video)Of Making Many Books There Is No End
Thursday, March 24, 2011 by Gil Student | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Writing created information, printing democratized it, and the Internet is drowning it. The Jewish book, if it is to survive, must adjust to the new reality.Iron Man
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 by D.G. Myers | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A fitting antidote to Israel Apartheid Week is Vladimir Jabotinsky's magnificent novel Samson (1928), which adheres to the biblical story while giving voice to the unconquerable spirit within Zionism.