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The Maghreb Difference
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 by Gil Shefler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In northwest Africa, according to a Hebrew University professor, Arab-Jewish relations during World War II were significantly better than in the Middle East.
Paying the Piper, Calling the Tune
Monday, January 24, 2011 by George Jonas | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

If the debate over foreign funding of Israeli NGOs clarifies anything, it is that human-rights groups proliferate in societies that need them the least.
On the Hill
Monday, January 24, 2011 by David G. Dalin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Through biographical sketches of the Jews serving in the Senate or Congress over the past 170 years, a new book provides more than its share of little-known and surprising facts.
Family Reunion
Monday, January 24, 2011 by Toby Tabachnick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A rabbi descended from a family of forced converts believes that many Italian-Americans have Jewish ancestry, which she is
The Iraqi Jewish Archive The Iraqi Jewish Archive
Monday, January 24, 2011 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

To whom do antiquities belong?  For Jews, the question took on flesh in 2003 in the flooded basement of a building belonging to the Iraqi secret police.
Forbearance for (Mlle.) Le Pen
Monday, January 24, 2011 by Amiel Unger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In the face of a sharp rise in anti-Semitic violence across western Europe, how much longer will concern over the impact of Muslim immigration be swept under the politically correct carpet?
High Ground
Monday, January 24, 2011 by Gil Student | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In the new, third edition of his now-classic work, Rabbi Norman Lamm argues passionately for the importance of broad knowledge in a dedicated Jewish life.
In Defense of the Knesset
Friday, January 21, 2011 by S.H. Rolef | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

With all its shortcomings, Israel's parliament is a well-functioning institution, with sufficient checks and balances to offset some of its members' worst proposals.
Change You Can Believe In
Friday, January 21, 2011 by Shmarya Rosenberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Instead of wasting money on empty, hip initiatives like Reboot, why not start an online accredited Jewish university and an American Jewish peace corps?
Danger Zone
Friday, January 21, 2011 by Franck Salameh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Copts, Maronites, Assyrians, Jews, and other ancient non-Muslim minorities have been besieged and endangered by Islamic supremacism for fourteen centuries.