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The Death MarchesTuesday, January 11, 2011 by Timothy Snyder | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
At the end of World War II, the spirit of genocide that Germans had brought with them to Eastern Europe returned to the German heartland itself.Reforming Reform
Monday, January 10, 2011 by Evan Moffic | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
What values do the leaders of Reform Judaism mean to highlight as the movement enters a new era?The Message of BDS
Monday, January 10, 2011 by Joel Fishman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A founding Palestinian member of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement is frank about its objective: to shift the consensus of world public opinion against Israel and undermine the alliance between Jews and Christians.House of Books
Monday, January 10, 2011 by Sasha Abramsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A grandson remembers Chimen Abramsky: bookseller, scholar, antiquarian, host to the leading Jewish thinkers of postwar England.Hear Israel
Monday, January 10, 2011 by Ari Y. Kelman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In 1951, in a phenomenon not heard before or since, a Hebrew song was at No. 2 on the Billboard charts.
Loving Jews, Hating JewsMonday, January 10, 2011 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In their new book, American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us, the sociologists Robert Putnam and David Campbell advance the striking claim that "Jews are the most broadly popular religious group in America today."
Monday, January 10, 2011 by Ehud Yaari and Eyal Ofer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Hamas has stayed in power by siphoning to its supporters the huge aid sums intended to sustain the general populace.
The Economist Strikes AgainFriday, January 7, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The Economist is a curious publication. A weekly newsmagazine published in London, it largely hews to a classical liberal (or libertarian) line in economics and a correspondingly conservative line in politics. In contrast to most newsmagazines today, it is also a rousing success.
Friday, January 7, 2011 by David Eisner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Major Jewish entities are investing millions to combat the delegitimization of Israel, even as they sometimes unwittingly support it. (For a rebuttal, click here.) Home Stand
Friday, January 7, 2011 by James Kirchick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Central Asian ties to Iran, compounded with the legacy of Soviet persecution, have made Jewish life more difficult in Tajikistan.