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Let Us Now Praise Famous Fish
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 by Stephen Gabriel Rosenberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Is the dish served by Ashkenazi Jews today the same that was eaten in ancient Egypt and longed for by the Israelites in the desert?
Songs for Kellys and Cohens
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 by Earle Hitchner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, some examples of cross-cultural harmony. Also: reflections on Hebrew and Gaelic.
Mubarak Mubarak
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

While attention in Israel and elsewhere is focused on the sudden deterioration in relations with the Obama administration, Iran's seemingly unstoppable push for nuclear weapons, and the possible outbreak of a third intifada, few have commented on the implications of the continued hospitalization in Germany of 81-year-old Hosni Mubarak, president of Egypt. On March 4, Mubarak placed Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif in charge of Egypt's affairs and entered a Heidelberg hospital to have his gall bladder removed. German doctors said they are satisfied with his recovery. Nevertheless, rumors that Mubarak had died sent share prices temporarily falling on Cairo's stock market....
Why Endless Mideast Conflict?
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 by David Frum | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Unlike other disputes, this one has been needlessly prolonged by the peace process.
Flubbing Iran
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 by Arthur Herman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

An unnecessary flare-up with Israel may have derailed a rare opportunity to deal with the region's most truly dangerous threat.
Jewish vs. Israeli
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 by Ruth Gavison | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The question is not whether Israel is to be one or the other, but whether it is to be both or nothing.
East Jerusalem East Jerusalem
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

During Vice President Joseph Biden's visit to Israel last week, a routine bureaucratic approval of additional dwellings for ultra-Orthodox Jews was leaked to the media, thereby setting off a crisis in relations between the two countries. The neighborhood in question, Ramat Shlomo, is said to stand in Arab East Jerusalem. But what and where is East Jerusalem?    The term is an artificial construct, and a misnomer. Jerusalem is a city built on hills, embedded on a mountain ridge; Samaria lies to the north, Judea to the south.  The city has no grid system—no Fifth Avenue to divide the east and west sides....
The Social Activist’s Talmud
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 by Aryeh Cohen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Jewish progressives are reclaiming the language of tradition; what's in it for tradition?
Governing Israel
Monday, March 15, 2010 by David Horovitz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

What did an ultimate insider see, and what did he learn? An interview with Yehuda Avner.
Vile but Not Criminal
Monday, March 15, 2010 by Lorne Gunter | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A vicious hater of Jews has not yet crossed the line between speech and incitement to violence.