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The Broken CrescentThursday, May 19, 2011 by Amir Taheri | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Does the "Arab world" still exist? Once a fairly solid bloc of despotic regimes, it is now split into several groups, each on a different trajectory.Abbas Speaks
Thursday, May 19, 2011 by Noah Pollak | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Palestinian leader, now a partner of Hamas, has made it explicit: he wants a state not in order to pursue peace but in order to pursue war.Treasures from the Vault
Thursday, May 19, 2011 by Ilana Tahan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Hundreds of digitized images from splendidly illuminated and decorated Hebrew manuscripts in London's British Library are due to go live at the end of June.A Voice Crying . . .
Thursday, May 19, 2011 by Shlomo Karni | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Observations on one of the best known and most misconstrued phrases in the Hebrew Bible.The Sound of Omer Avital
Thursday, May 19, 2011 by Charles Walker | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Israeli jazz artist's latest disc, Free Forever, captures his heady mixture of multiple sources and stirring melodies driven by an improvisational imperative. (With video)
What Would Ben-Gurion Do?Thursday, May 19, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
How would David Ben-Gurion handle himself if he were the one scheduled to meet Barack Obama on May 20 and address a joint session of the U.S. Congress a few days later? That hypothetical question has been aired frequently by Israelis in the run-up to Benjamin Netanyahu's pending appointments in Washington.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 by Aryeh Eliav | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In a 2004 interview, a prominent Israeli leftist (now deceased) advocates an international Marshall Plan for Palestinian refugees but argues that not a single one should be allowed to "return" to Israel.Balkan Ruins
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 by Samuel Gruber | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A report, with photographs, is now available on the remains of over 60 synagogues, Jewish cemeteries, and Holocaust sites in Bosnia-Herzegovina.Food for Thought
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 by Susan Marks | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new volume on the role of food in shaping ancient Jewish identity goes farther and deeper than earlier studies of the subject.
Holocaust without EndWednesday, May 18, 2011 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Sixty-six years after the end of World War II, the Holocaust remains one of the central puzzles of human history. For Jews, the imperative is clear: to remember and to encourage others to remember. But remember what? Has the earnest dedication of both Jews and non-Jews to seek the meaning of the event and absorb its lessons ended by emptying it of meaning and lessons alike?