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Human Rights Watch vs. Israel: An Inside Story
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 by Benjamin Birnbaum | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A tale of bias and bigotry in the human-rights organization that is a major force in international politics.
An Unwelcoming Place
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

With the spread of anti-Semitic violence and the rise of a xenophobic right, is it not time for the Jews of Austria and Hungary to reassess their European future?
Haiti’s Remnant
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 by Larry Luxner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A venerable Jewish community, now tinier than ever, digs out from disaster.
The Business of Ethics
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A Hartman Institute symposium on the responsibilities of the Jewish community toward the needy; also briefly summarized here.
Remembering San Remo
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 by Salomon Benzimra | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

At an international conference 90 years ago, the geographical region known as Palestine acquired legal identity, and title to it was formally transferred to the Jewish people.
Flunking the Liberty Test
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 by David Hazony | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In removing a parody of Muhammad from its website, the comedy show South Park lost its credibility as the slayer of all sacred cows, and the liberal idea buckled.
Bitten by the Zionist Bug
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 by Yair Lapid | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Recovered: an American Jewish philanthropist's reels of exceedingly rare color film of Israel's early days; a television report with subtitles and original footage.
How I Learned Talmud
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 by Rick Richman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

At ninety-four, Herman Wouk recalls his scholarly grandfather's novel method of instructing him in the logical patterns of talmudic discourse.
Jordan’s Dilemma Jordan’s Dilemma
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

King Abdullah II returned home from Washington earlier this month, having attended a two-day Nuclear Security Summit and becoming the first Arab leader to visit the Obama White House. Photographs showed the king and the president smiling and looking relaxed. Ostensibly, Abdullah urged Obama to put forward his own plan for resolving the Israel-Palestinian "tinderbox." However sincere the king's interests in a settlement may be, they are by no means straightforward. In a subsequent interview with the Chicago Tribune, he predicted that, since the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative is set to expire in July, and since "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
What Does Israel’s Censor Censor?
Monday, April 26, 2010 by Christoph Schult | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

An interview with the state's guardian of publishable intelligence: "Only up to one percent of all items submitted . . . are totally disqualified."
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