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The Negev’s “First People”?Monday, June 4, 2012 by Havatzelet Yahel, Ruth Kark, and Seth J. Frantzman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Bedouin may be a poor and marginal sector of Israeli society, but this does not transform them into an indigenous nation.The Other Olympics
Monday, June 4, 2012 by David E. Sanger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The U.S. cyberwarfare program (likely working with an Israeli partner) has frustrated Iran's nuclear project for six years. But now that the virus is loose, America must be braced for retaliation. What is the Oldest Known Hebrew Inscription?
Monday, June 4, 2012 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Four contenders emerge, but the question is not so simple.Defender of the Faiths
Monday, June 4, 2012 by Jonathan Sacks | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
While committed to defending the Anglican faith, Queen Elizabeth II has also played a significant role in the transformation of Britain into a multi-ethnic, multi-faith society.

Forty-five years ago today, on June 4, 1967, Israel and the Jewish world were in suspense. Today, we recall the Six-Day War as a stunning martial victory by the Jewish state; but on the war's eve, this outcome was wholly unforeseeable. Indeed, the odds appeared firmly stacked against Israel.
Friday, June 1, 2012 by Steven F. Windmueller | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In the current economic climate, the American Jewish system—a $9.7 billion annual enterprise—will need to rethink basic elements, like work, membership, and community.Good Queen Bless
Friday, June 1, 2012 by Jonathan Fishburn | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
While Jews have long prayed for the welfare of their rulers, the upcoming Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II calls for special liturgical compositions. (PDF)Non-Arab Spring
Friday, June 1, 2012 by Emanuele Ottolenghi | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Analytic focus on the Arabs misses the real beneficiaries of the ongoing Middle Eastern revolutions: the non-Arab minorities who have gained autonomy and, in some cases, even statehood.Opportunity for Reform
Friday, June 1, 2012 by Shmuel Rosner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Now that Israel's courts brought non-Orthodox denominations one step closer to equality, those denominations must prove that they can connect with Israel's public, not just its courts.Who Knows Three?
Friday, June 1, 2012 by Peter Schäfer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
For Daniel Boyarin, it isn't enough to claim that a notion of two equally divine figures is a Jewish idea. Rather, he asserts that even the Trinity was present among the Jews before Jesus.