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The Palestinian Mandela? The Palestinian Mandela?
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

To his Israeli backers, Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti is the "Palestinian [Nelson] Mandela."  That image—of a principled, graying freedom fighter with the courage to move his people toward reconciliation—is promoted by political and cultural figures on the Israeli Left.
From Jerusalem’s Ancient Tunnels
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

On the eve of Tisha b'Av,  archaeologists 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.
A Viable Palestinian State?
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 by Michael Curtis | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

One day, perhaps, but under present conditions the attempt to establish such a state might well jeopardize the chances of its coming to pass in the future.
Banking on the (Jewish) Past
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 by Alex Weisler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Cologne, Germany's fourth largest city, is investing tens of millions to unearth the remains of its old Jewish quarter in hopes of attracting tourists.
Cretins against Israel
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 by David Aaronovitch | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

On Gilad Atzmon, Alan Hart, and other fixtures on Britain's media circuit of anti-Zionist and anti-Jewish bilge.
On the Ninth of Av
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 by Frank Talmage | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In Catalonia, Spain, once the scene of centuries of Jewish hopes and achievement, a student of Jewish history is beset by a torrent of emotions.
The Self-Centered Life
Monday, August 8, 2011 by Gil Student | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Why observe the Torah's commandments? Because, says an Orthodox rabbi channeling Oprah, they make you feel good about yourself.
“Friendship Jew”
Monday, August 8, 2011 by Jenna Weissman Joselit | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

On the perils of cross-cultural exchange as experienced by a Jewish Peace Corps volunteer in Guiyang, China.
The Jewish Berber Queen
Monday, August 8, 2011 by Renée Levine Melammed | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Dahia al-Kahena, a powerful monarch and formidable warrior, may have tragically paved the way for the Muslim conquest of Spain in 711 C.E.
The Demagoguery Days of Summer
Monday, August 8, 2011 by Amotz Asa-El | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

America's anti-market policy has already bred disaster. Is this what Israel's "tent protesters" have in mind for the Jewish state?