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Anti-Semitism 101Friday, May 6, 2011 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
One of the many dismaying things about anti-Semitism is its lack of originality. The rhetoric and setting change, but the substance persists. Anti-Semitism on American campuses is no exception; but the mere fact that it exists, and that it is virulent, is sufficient to merit the alarm it has caused.
Friday, May 6, 2011 by Aaron David Miller | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Fatah-Hamas unity is a marriage of convenience that may not last, which is no condition under which to start negotiations.American Jews, American Judaism
Thursday, May 5, 2011 by Ruth R. Wisse and Jack Wertheimer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Two leading scholars meet to discuss the state of contemporary American Jewish life and the challenges to it from within and without. Is there cause for optimism?Israel’s Increasing Vulnerability
Thursday, May 5, 2011 by John Bolton | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Even after bin Laden's well-deserved death, the deteriorating security environment in the Middle East, coupled with American policies there, gravely endanger both Israel and the U.S.The Abortionist of Auschwitz
Thursday, May 5, 2011 by Shmarya Rosenberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Was the woman doctor who terminated as many as 3,000 pregnancies for her fellow inmates a heroine or a murderer?The Russian Philanthropist’s Handbook
Thursday, May 5, 2011 by Dmitri Glinski | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Russians now comprise 15 percent of the American Jewish community; is it not time to engage them more fully in communal affairs?
The New Egypt: Back to Belligerence?Thursday, May 5, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Watching Egypt's revolution unfold earlier this year, apprehensive Israelis were reassured by European and American observers that they had little to worry about: Hosni Mubarak's February 12 departure had been provoked neither by anti-Israel fury nor by Islamist fervor, and shouts of "Up with Egypt" in Tahrir Square more than drowned out chants of "Down with Israel" or "Allahu Akbar."
Thursday, May 5, 2011 by Smadar Shir | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
At fifteen, Avi Be'eri was sold to slave traders who smuggled him into Israel from his native Guinea. Six years later, he's completing an IDF officers' training course.The Syrian Crisis
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 by Lee Smith | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Obama administration has entertained high hopes for "engaging" Syria. The current uprising offers it another shot at getting history right; will it blink?J Street and Main
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 by Carol Greenwald | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In appointing a member of J Street's rabbinic cabinet to head the Reform movement, the largest branch of American Judaism has moved away from its recent record of support for Israel.