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Unwelcome Aliyah
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 by Ira Sharkansky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

If Israel's government is right to say that the influx of emigrants from Africa is unsustainable, it is wrong to demonize those already in Israel.
Sending <i>Mein Kampf</i> Back to School Sending Mein Kampf Back to School
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Important literature can't be kept under wraps forever. A case in point is Mein Kampf. The German state of Bavaria, which holds the German copyright, has blocked the book's publication within Hitler's homeland.
A Kaddish for Sholem Aleichem
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 by Kara A. Kaufman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

How did the Yiddish author want his descendants to spend his yahrzeit? They should "select one of my stories, one of the really merry ones, and read it aloud in whatever language they understand best."
Columbus the Converso
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 by Charles Garcia | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Columbus's voyage was not funded by Queen Isabella, but rather by two Jewish conversos and another prominent Jew. Was he meant to find gold to finance the Jewish conquest of Jerusalem?
If You’re Reading This, You’re Part of the Problem
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 by Micah Stein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

It took 750 buses, a few boats, the involvement of 28 state agencies, and a baseball stadium rented for $1.5 million; but 40,000 men gathered to affirm the dangers of the Internet.
Turkey, with a Slice of Humble Pie
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 by Paul Alster | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

As his attempts to build an alliance with Syria and Iran have ended in disaster, the Turkish prime minister is trying to rebuild ties with Israel. And Israel should welcome him back.
Abuse Among the Orthodox: Bad News, Good News Abuse Among the Orthodox: Bad News, Good News
Monday, May 21, 2012 by Yoel Finkelman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

First, the bad news: Sexual, physical, and emotional abuse occurs in Orthodox Jewish communities. Next, the worse news: Two recent New York Times stories are just the latest piece of evidence that Orthodox communities are often in denial and worse.
The Battle for Jerusalem
Monday, May 21, 2012 by Abraham Rabinovich | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Israel's 1967 conquest of the Old City, as celebrated yesterday, has become part of the religious Zionist narrative. But whether or not it was divinely preordained, it was never planned by Rabin.
Returning to Tunisia
Monday, May 21, 2012 by Gil Shefler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

When last year's Lag BaOmer pilgrimage to Djerba was cancelled, many doubted the future of Tunisia's Jews. But the new Islamist government just passed a test of religious freedom.
With Friends Like These
Monday, May 21, 2012 by Benjamin Weinthal | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

While the prevalence of overt anti-Zionism across Europe is notorious, it is less well known that even Europeans who claim to be pro-Israel are invariably hostile to the Jewish state.