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Israel vs. the International Criminal Court Israel vs. the International Criminal Court
Monday, November 29, 2010 by Anne Herzberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

For more than six decades, Israel has been subjected to violence, warfare, and a relentless campaign of terror attacks deliberately targeting civilians. This "hard-power" war is bolstered by a corresponding "soft-power" war aimed at delegitimizing and demonizing the Jewish state.
In Jewish Barcelona
Monday, November 29, 2010 by Arthur Wolak | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The city's rich Jewish history, including perhaps the oldest surviving synagogue in Europe, deserves to be thoroughly explored.
Technical Difficulties
Monday, November 29, 2010 by Ben Smith | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

What is driving Israel's apparent willingness to postpone a confrontation over Iran's nuclear program: a newfound faith in sanctions, or the belief that the Stuxnet virus has slowed the program?
Evolving toward Leniency?
Friday, November 26, 2010 by Sue Fishkoff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In subtle but noticeable ways, the Conservative movement is shifting its position with regard to intermarried families.
Story of a Vote
Friday, November 26, 2010 by Toldot Yisrael | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Eyewitness accounts of the November 1947 UN vote to partition Mandate Palestine into two states. (Video)
Twos and Lids
Friday, November 26, 2010 by Philologos | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Decoding the terms of Cockney rhyming slang for Jews.
Light on Darkness
Friday, November 26, 2010 by Susie Linfield | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A study of Holocaust fiction successfully removes the "Do Not Enter" signs that have been erected around artistic representations of the Holocaust.
The Cosmopolitans The Cosmopolitans
Friday, November 26, 2010 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

How many flavors does Zionism come in? The usual answer is three. Naturally, the reality is more complicated than that. And, in a period when Zionism is in serious need of defending and new thinking, some scholars have been complicating it still further.
Hamas Refutes Goldstone
Friday, November 26, 2010 by Steven Stotsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In a little-reported about-face, the terror organization has admitted the low number of deaths it suffered during Operation Cast Lead, thereby thoroughly undermining the Goldstone Report.
Declaring Palestinian Statehood Declaring Palestinian Statehood
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Palestinian political figures, said to be frustrated with the pace and trajectory of peace talks with Israel, have increasingly made noises about taking matters into their own hands and unilaterally declaring a Palestinian state.