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Can Israel Win the PR War?Wednesday, July 21, 2010 by Evelyn Gordon | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Instead of defending its own actions and values, the Jewish state needs to introduce the world to its enemies'.
Another Madoff Casualty?Wednesday, July 21, 2010 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Shrunken and wizened, the American Jewish Congress lies on its evident death bed, debilitated by a loss of raison d'être as much as by Bernard Madoff's financial depredations. Under the circumstances, reflections on the spotty record of its approach to Jewish life, or on waste and duplication in the alphabet soup of the Jewish organizational world, may forgivably give way to a brief look at the once-proud agency's origins and purposes.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 by Susie Linfield | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
No one has described the victims' experience, in Auschwitz or in Rwanda, more brilliantly than Jean Améry, the Jewish resistance fighter and survivor of the Nazi genocide. No one understands it less than today's advocates of forgiveness.Why Hasn’t Israel Bombed Iran (Yet)?
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 by Bret Stephens | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The military risks are serious; the political risks could be monumental.Kafka’s Legacy
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 by Tony Paterson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Safe-deposit boxes opened in a Zurich bank contain unpublished manuscripts by the Czech-born Jewish writer. But who owns them?Schism Coming?
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
U.S. Conservative and Reform leaders are lobbying against a Knesset bill that some warn could "tear apart" the Jewish people. (Text and audio.) In the view of the Rabbinical Council of America, representing modern-Orthodox rabbis, the bill "may not be perfect" but "contains much to commend it."Call Me by My Name
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 by Kim Willsher | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Two generations ago, Jewish immigrants to France Gallicized their surnames; today, some of their descendants are reclaiming the originals.Shock and Law
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 by Ruth Lapidoth | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An overview of the legal basis for Israel's naval blockade of Gaza.Fascinated by Hebrew?
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 by Asaf Shtull-Trauring | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new website offers a comprehensive, user-friendly guide to all matters relating to the modern language.
Who’s Against a Two-State Solution?Tuesday, July 20, 2010 by Efraim Karsh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
"Two states, living side by side in peace and security." This, in the words of President Barack Obama, is the solution to the century-long conflict between Jews and Palestinian Arabs in the Middle East. Washington is fully and determinedly on board. So are the Europeans. The UN and the "international community" vociferously agree. Successive governments of the state of Israel have shown their support for the idea. So far, there is—just as there has always been—only one holdout.