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Bad RomanceWednesday, December 7, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In recent days, there has been a truly frightening articulation of the U.S. administration's perception of Israel vis-à-vis the Muslim world.Counter-Myths
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 by Daniel Johnson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An abstract affection for Jews did not invariably translate into a predilection for them in practice. Milton's poetry did much to foster English Hebraism; but the poet himself could not abide the living Jews.The Painful Place
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 by Daphne Merkin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In defense of the Holocaust movie—the small, nuanced kind that revisits the horror without aid of big-name actors, triumphant romance, or grotesque humor.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
There is no love lost between the British Foreign Office and Israel. In a report to parliament last month, Foreign Minister William Hague condemned Israel for building in Jerusalem, being in the West Bank, and treating the present Gaza regime like the enemy it is.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
With interviews, archive recordings, and contemporary music, one child of Iraqi Jewish immigrants brings the community's vibrancy to life. (Audio)The Middle-Class Needy and the Gemah
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 by Samuel G. Freedman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The age-old Jewish free loan system is now meeting credit needs created by such resolutely modern causes as subprime mortgages, outsourcing, and credit default swaps.Will Israel Win the Energy Prize?
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 by Jerry Gordon | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel's leaders must grimly balance threats against its existence from a nuclear Iran with protection of its valuable oil and gas properties from predator Arab states and Turkey.

Monday, December 5, 2011 by Raphael Magarik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The yetzer hara, usually translated "evil impulse," is an elusive rabbinic concept. The words derive from God's observation in Genesis 8:21 (paralleled earlier in 6:5) that "the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth."
Monday, December 5, 2011 by Ed Husain | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In the recent uprisings, the burning of American or Israeli flags was not a central display; the protesters focused on internal, national problems. That's how they must continue.EastEnders
Monday, December 5, 2011 by Stephen Burstin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
London's East End was once a hub of immigrant Jewish life, with a soup kitchen that served 5,000 meals a day, a Yiddish theater, countless synagogues, Petticoat Lane Market, and . . . Jacob the Ripper?