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As War Looms
Friday, September 9, 2011 by Israel Harel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Israel’s neighbors stockpile weapons and threaten hostilities, but the defense establishment insists that the country’s security situation has never been better. Is it 1973 all over again?
Turning Turkey
Friday, September 9, 2011 by Jonathan S. Tobin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The fundamental shift in Turkey’s foreign policy predates the dustup with Israel over the Gaza flotilla; it began with a policy shift away from the United States.
Ties Unbroken
Friday, September 9, 2011 by Gil Student | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Although it may seem irrational, many who do not believe in all of Judaism’s truth-claims maintain deep connections to their religion—and for good reasons.
Shia Setback
Thursday, September 8, 2011 by Jonathan Spyer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

While the Arab Spring has weakened the "Shia crescent," another threat to Israel looms: Sunni Islamist forces.
Sans Merci
Thursday, September 8, 2011 by Steven G. Kellman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The strongest passion in Irène Némirovsky's final novel is the author's own love for the language and religion of the country that ultimately murdered her.
A Good Offense?
Thursday, September 8, 2011 by Jonathan S. Tobin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Robert Gates' resentment of Israel says far more about the self-defeating attitude of the Obama administration, wherein support for Israel is a "gift," than it does about Netanyahu.
First Lady of Fleet Street
Thursday, September 8, 2011 by Daniella Peled | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Rachel Beer (née Sassoon) was editor of two British newspapers and exposed the forged documents behind the Dreyfus affair. So why was she so easily forgotten?
Expel the Ambassador
Thursday, September 8, 2011 by Yossi Melman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Israel should expel the Lithuanian ambassador until his country stops rewriting history, granting pardons to Nazi collaborators and even accusing Holocaust survivors of "war crimes."
Mysteries of the Menorah Mysteries of the Menorah
Thursday, September 8, 2011 by Meir Soloveichik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

On the eve of Tisha b'Av, 2011, archeologists revealed artifacts newly unearthed from the great Jewish revolt against Rome (67–70 C.E.), including coins minted by the rebels and a stone incised with a sketch of the Temple menorah. But what is the menorah, and what does it symbolize?
Goodbye, Golden Rose
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 by Tom Gross | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The last traces of the 420,000 Jews murdered by Nazis in the once-vibrant Lviv are being buried under casinos and car parks.