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Songs for Kellys and CohensWednesday, March 17, 2010 by Earle Hitchner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In honor of St. Patrick's Day, some examples of cross-cultural harmony. Also: reflections on Hebrew and Gaelic.
MubarakWednesday, March 17, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
While attention in Israel and elsewhere is focused on the sudden deterioration in relations with the Obama administration, Iran's seemingly unstoppable push for nuclear weapons, and the possible outbreak of a third intifada, few have commented on the implications of the continued hospitalization in Germany of 81-year-old Hosni Mubarak, president of Egypt. On March 4, Mubarak placed Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif in charge of Egypt's affairs and entered a Heidelberg hospital to have his gall bladder removed. German doctors said they are satisfied with his recovery. Nevertheless, rumors that Mubarak had died sent share prices temporarily falling on Cairo's stock market....
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 by Robert Kagan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel isn't Washington's only unhappy democratic ally; it's just the most vulnerable.Friends in Deed
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 by Lee Smith | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Evangelical support for Israel has deep roots in American history, and deeper roots in gratitude to the Hebrew Bible.Room to Breathe
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 by Jay Merrick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The newly refurbished Jewish Museum of London successfully illuminates the values, history, and achievements of Jewish life.Syria Takes Over
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 by Roee Nahmias | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In Lebanon, the "March 14" anti-Syria movement has collapsed, and Bashar Assad has won.Let Us Now Praise Famous Fish
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 by Stephen Gabriel Rosenberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Is the dish served by Ashkenazi Jews today the same that was eaten in ancient Egypt and longed for by the Israelites in the desert?Flubbing Iran
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 by Arthur Herman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An unnecessary flare-up with Israel may have derailed a rare opportunity to deal with the region's most truly dangerous threat.Jewish vs. Israeli
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 by Ruth Gavison | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The question is not whether Israel is to be one or the other, but whether it is to be both or nothing.
East JerusalemTuesday, March 16, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
During Vice President Joseph Biden's visit to Israel last week, a routine bureaucratic approval of additional dwellings for ultra-Orthodox Jews was leaked to the media, thereby setting off a crisis in relations between the two countries. The neighborhood in question, Ramat Shlomo, is said to stand in Arab East Jerusalem. But what and where is East Jerusalem? The term is an artificial construct, and a misnomer. Jerusalem is a city built on hills, embedded on a mountain ridge; Samaria lies to the north, Judea to the south. The city has no grid system—no Fifth Avenue to divide the east and west sides....