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The View from FranceWednesday, February 23, 2011 by André Glucksmann | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Even as we Europeans welcome the new Arab revolution, we need only look back at our own history to realize that all of the risks and dangers still lie ahead.Remembering Hebron
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 by Moshe Arens | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The recent outcry over school "heritage" trips to the biblical town suggests that many have forgotten not only their history but the very foundation of Zionism.Matzah Ball Gumbo
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 by Lucy Cohen Blatter | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Culinary tales and treasures of Southern Jews who have made the regional cuisine something all their own. (Interview with Marcie Cohen Ferris.)When Rabbis Became Doctors . . .
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 by Fred MacDowell | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On the origins of a popular saying about modern Judaism.As I Am
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 by Philologos | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On the two Hebrew words for "Jew."A Spy’s Life
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 by Akiva Novick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In 1952, Jewish agents were sent undercover to live in Arab villages. The mission's benefits were marginal—and the aftermath, when the men had married local women and started families, difficult all around.The Singing Blacksmith
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 by Itzik Gottesman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A womanizing blacksmith was the perfect role for Moyshe Oysher's talent
The Athens & Jerusalem Two-StepTuesday, February 22, 2011 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The eastern Mediterranean is in a state of serious flux. Historically, under such volatile conditions, old bonds tend to dissolve and new partnerships to emerge. The present is no exception. One example of this is Greece's surprising new friendship with Israel and its outreach to the American Jewish community.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 by David Rieff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"Never again" continues to be the utopian rallying cry behind many a human-rights campaign and solemn political promise; but in every case there have always been reasonsBig Bad Wolf
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 by Sandra McElwaine | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As the new chair of the congressional foreign-affairs committee, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen brings a pro-Israel, anti-Castro agenda, with plans to de-fund the UN into the bargain.