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Under FireWednesday, January 5, 2011 by Sol Stern | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The second Lebanon war in the summer of 2006 forced Israelis to come to grips with the definitive end of the Oslo era and the shattering of two fundamental assumptions about the nature of their conflict with the Palestinians.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 by Jonathan S. Tobin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Philadelphia's new museum of American Jewish history projects a certain vision of Jewish identity: assertive, self-congratulatory, not too parochial, not too religious.Jerusalem of Old
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Street scenes and holy sites, captured on movie film in 1918. (Video.)With a Knife Between His Teeth
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
If not for the actions taken by Meir Dagan as director of the Mossad, Iran by now might have achieved the level of uranium enrichment needed for a bomb.We’ll Always Have Casablanca
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 by Norman L. Greene | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An exhibit showcasing Jewish history in Morocco is on view at New York's Center for Jewish History.Here She Comes?
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 by Aimee Berg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Meet Miss Massachusetts: ice-dancing champ, Harvard grad, poet—and in the running to become the first Jewish Miss America since Bess Myerson.
Lost & FoundTuesday, January 4, 2011 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In 1974, a strange letter from northeastern India landed on the desk of Israel's then Prime Minister Golda Meir. It was sent by a group of Indians claiming to be descendants of the biblical tribe of Menashe.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 by Harry Kanigel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel cannot base its security arrangements on transitory political conditions in the U.S. or the Arab states. A historical, geographical, and legal primer on defensible borders. (With maps.) Access Iraq
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 by Steven Lee Myers, Stephen Farrell, and Shiho Fukada | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Ancient sites inaccessible during Saddam Hussein's regime—including the tombs of biblical prophets—are once again welcoming tourists. (With video and photos.)Out of Africa
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 by Rupert Wingfield-Hayes | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
More than a thousand Africans stagger out of the desert each month, hoping to start a new life in Israel. First, they have to brave the Sinai's Bedouin smugglers.

