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Happy Hungarian HanukkahTuesday, December 7, 2010 by A.L.B. | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Budapest, the third largest Jewish community in mainland Europe—and hoping to grow—is celebrating the festival of lights as seldom before.Pillaging the Truth
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 by Israel Finkelstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A point-by-point demonstration of how Looting the Holy Land, a recent Al-Jazeera film about Israel's archaeological "crimes," is pure propaganda.
Fire and ResilienceTuesday, December 7, 2010 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Along the flanks of Israel's Carmel range, just below the scene of the past days' cataclysm, it is possible to see, in ancient caves whose ceilings are caked with millennia of soot, some of the earliest evidence of the human use of fire.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 by Moshe Benovitz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Why observance of Hanukkah fell into desuetude following the destruction of the Temple in 70 C.E.Now They Want Us
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 by Michael J. Totten | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
If President Obama were to opt for a strike against Iran, he would have much more support from Arab countries than President Bush ever did in Iraq.Art for Judaism’s Sake
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 by Viva Hammer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
It is a myth that Jews desisted from creating beautiful artifacts after the Temple was destroyed.
Whatever Happened to Moses Mendelssohn?Monday, December 6, 2010 by Allan Nadler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The great German-Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1781) was and remains a perplexing, rather sad, enigma.
Monday, December 6, 2010 by Bernard-Henri Lévy | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Boycott campaigns, horribly biased war documentaries, and Scandinavian politics offer a glimpse into the new Western hatred of Israel and Jews.Big Ten
Monday, December 6, 2010 by Joel Schwartz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
David Hazony succeeds remarkably in articulating a Jewish ethical understandingBleak House
Monday, December 6, 2010 by Benny Morris | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Palestinian refugee problem is but one among several reasons why no viable peace agreement is in prospect.