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Arab StirringsFriday, January 28, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
On January 14, the strongman of Tunisia, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, fled in panic to Saudi Arabia after the astonishingly spontaneous, Facebook-driven crumbling of his corrupt regime.
Friday, January 28, 2011 by Benny Morris | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Do the documents leaked to al-Jazeera prove, as some claim, that the Palestinians were willing to go far to achieve peace? Far from it.What is Peoplehood?
Friday, January 28, 2011 by Erica Brown | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A faddish word in the lingo of today's institutional Judaism, "peoplehood" deserves greater—and more critical—attention. Under the Old City
Thursday, January 27, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A 2,000-year-old drainage channel underneath the Western Wall plaza dramatically enriches the picture of Jerusalem in the period of the Second Temple.The Zeal of Simon Wiesenthal
Thursday, January 27, 2011 by Deborah E. Lipstadt | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Was the intrepid hunter of mass murderers and war criminals also an irresponsible fabulist, and a fabricator of historical facts?In Search of Hidden Jews
Thursday, January 27, 2011 by Itamar Eichner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
He wanders Amazon jungles, travels to Chinese villages, sees in India's Bnei Menashe his life's mission. Meet Michael Freund, the "Christopher Columbus of Jews."
Talmud: The Back StoryThursday, January 27, 2011 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
There is no getting away from the Babylonian Talmud. Love it, hate it, or both, this monumental work has been central to Jewish life for a millennium and more, managing time after time to find new readers and to summon new forms of reading.
Thursday, January 27, 2011 by John L. Allen, and Jr. | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In a forthcoming book, the legal scholar Joseph Weiler argues that, in the events surrounding the death of Jesus, Jews were acting out their biblically mandated part in a divine drama of obedience.Lies, Damned Lies, and Communal Statistics
Thursday, January 27, 2011 by Jenna Weissman Joselit | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
How an anti-Semitic comment fueled the first great census of New York Jews and inspired a venerable tradition.A Dangerous Game
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 by Mudar Zahran | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As their citizens demand civil rights, leaders of Arab regimes distract them by igniting anti-Semitic rhetoric.