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I’ve Got Friends in Low-lying Places . . .Thursday, December 6, 2012 by Moshe Sokolow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
It would be tragic if Israel were to lose the vote of any of its few reliable supporters at the UN, but that is just what might happen over the next few years—not due to any political intrigue but on account of global warming.
Thursday, December 6, 2012 by Talya Halkin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new food culture has emerged in Jerusalem, celebrating not authenticity but new taste syntheses. Would that the same were true of the city’s politics.Kuwait’s Palestinian Expulsion
Thursday, December 6, 2012 by Steven J. Rosen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Arafat called what Kuwait did to its Palestinians “worse than what has been done by Israel to Palestinians in the occupied territories.” But the international community said nothing.Rochl and the World of Ideas
Thursday, December 6, 2012 by Sheindl Franzus-Garfinkle | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Rochl’s mother laments the perils of study: “Your brother convinced himself he had to study in America. Now he’s there working like a dog. See what comes of your enlightenment!” (Fiction)Your Dialogue, My Dialogue
Thursday, December 6, 2012 by Peter Berger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Today the Western world is inundated with interfaith dialogues. Is the underlying reason simply the fact that religions finally see they must face a world of religious pluralism?The Problem of Proportional Response
Thursday, December 6, 2012 by Yaacov Lozowick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Fifty years ago Ben-Gurion faced the problem of finding a proportional response to Syrian attacks on Israeli fisherman. The answer was—as it remains today—targeted military attacks.Vayeishev: Pharoah’s Court
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 by Torah Talk with Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
Was it "courtiers" who had the dreams that Joseph interprets in prison—or eunuchs? (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:11:24
