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Settling for StatehoodMonday, September 19, 2011 by Diana Muir Appelbaum | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly has just begun. Unless a diplomatic miracle happens, that body will soon be asked to approve what amounts to a unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood. Palestinian spokesmen say they had no choice but to make their end run around serious negotiations with Israel.
Building JerusalemFriday, September 16, 2011 by Hadassah Levy | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
On the edge of Route 1 as that thoroughfare runs through eastern Jerusalem lies an Arab neighborhood by the name of Sheikh Jarrah. In one section of the neighborhood, an Israeli flag waves and Jews walk back and forth to the tomb of Simon the Just, who served as high priest in the Second Temple.
Friday, September 16, 2011 by Eric Trager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Egyptians hate Israel for their own reasons, which have nothing to do with the Palestinian cause.Why I Love “Why we Pray”
Friday, September 16, 2011 by Matthue Roth | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Choosing just six prayers and treating them in depth, Rabbi Barry Freundel has written today's best-conceived and most fully-realized guide to the Jewish liturgy. Fighting Campus anti-Semitism
Friday, September 16, 2011 by Manfred Gerstenfeld | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Academics have led the international delegitimization campaign against Israel; with the help of the law, academics and others are leading the fight against it. Bible Translations: From Bad to Worse
Friday, September 16, 2011 by Joel Hoffman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In twenty minutes, learn why every English translation of the Bible is unfaithful to the text. (Video) Losing the Jewish Vote?
Thursday, September 15, 2011 by Dan Senor | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Insofar as President Obama has a problem with Jewish voters, it is a problem not of "messaging" but of substance.Does the West Still Believe in Itself?
Thursday, September 15, 2011 by Jonathan Sacks | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Shared moral codes—covenants—create renewable energy and have the power to arrest the decline and fall of nations. The challenge of 9/11 is whether the West can re-moralize itself.
Israel’s Isolation ProblemThursday, September 15, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Aryeh Golan, the morning news anchor for Israeli public radio, summed up the feelings of Israelis on Sunday when he said, "In Turkey the government is against us, in Egypt the mob is against us, and at the UN the majority is against us."
Thursday, September 15, 2011 by Emily Katz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Everything you ever wanted to know about the history, the mores, and the character of "the most significant institution in the life of [American] Jews."