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Blood LibelsMonday, January 31, 2011 by Allan Nadler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Among the unexpected consequences of the January 9 shooting tragedy in Tucson has been the introduction into American public discourse of a term seldom used and poorly understood.
Friday, January 28, 2011 by Ben Waltzer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Clarinetist Anat Cohen, a master of expressive improvisation, leads a talented wave of Israeli musicians flooding the New York jazz scene. (With audio clips.)
Arab StirringsFriday, January 28, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
On January 14, the strongman of Tunisia, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, fled in panic to Saudi Arabia after the astonishingly spontaneous, Facebook-driven crumbling of his corrupt regime.
Friday, January 28, 2011 by Benny Morris | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Do the documents leaked to al-Jazeera prove, as some claim, that the Palestinians were willing to go far to achieve peace? Far from it.What is Peoplehood?
Friday, January 28, 2011 by Erica Brown | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A faddish word in the lingo of today's institutional Judaism, "peoplehood" deserves greater—and more critical—attention. Gadi Taub and the Meaning of Zionism
Friday, January 28, 2011 by Michael Weiss | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On nationalism and democracy, Israel and Europe, and the role of the writer; an interview with the left-wing Zionist author and scourge of West Bank settlements.Judeomania!
Friday, January 28, 2011 by Nathan Jeffay | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Growing ties between China and Israel can be explained in terms of mutual interests—but whence the growing Chinese interest in all things Jewish?Under the Old City
Thursday, January 27, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A 2,000-year-old drainage channel underneath the Western Wall plaza dramatically enriches the picture of Jerusalem in the period of the Second Temple.The Zeal of Simon Wiesenthal
Thursday, January 27, 2011 by Deborah E. Lipstadt | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Was the intrepid hunter of mass murderers and war criminals also an irresponsible fabulist, and a fabricator of historical facts?In Search of Hidden Jews
Thursday, January 27, 2011 by Itamar Eichner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
He wanders Amazon jungles, travels to Chinese villages, sees in India's Bnei Menashe his life's mission. Meet Michael Freund, the "Christopher Columbus of Jews."