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Nowruz Peres?
Thursday, March 22, 2012 by Shimon Peres | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

On the Iranian new year, Israel's president appealed to the Iranian people to oppose the bellicose ambitions of their government, and warned them of the consequences if they do not. (Video)
Together We Stand
Thursday, March 22, 2012 by Bernard-Henri Lévy | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In the wake of the murders in Toulouse, all of France must stand united against anti-Semitism, which is an attack on the republican ideals which all of France holds dear.
Marching to Jerusalem Marching to Jerusalem
Thursday, March 22, 2012 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Protests, marches, sit-ins, boycotts—all these nonviolent techniques have been employed in support of the Palestinian cause, but violence has remained at the core of the enterprise. For decades, well-meaning people have suggested that a wholehearted embrace of nonviolence would do more for the Palestinians than their continuing resort to terrorism.
French Al-Qaeda
Thursday, March 22, 2012 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Muhammad Merah, who has confessed to perpetrating the murders in Toulouse, appears to be a member of Fursan al-'Izza, the French branch of Al-Qaeda, profiled here.
Europe’s Rising Tide
Thursday, March 22, 2012 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Classical anti-Semitic attitudes are not only widespread across Europe but have risen significantly since 2009 in traditionally more tolerant countries, such as Britain and France.
Crowdsourcing the Constitution
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 by Walter Russell Mead | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

"We the People" indeed—a new commentary on the U.S. Constitution draws its inspiration from an unlikely source.
Vayikra: Beginning in the Middle
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 by Torah Talk with Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions

Torah Talk with Michael Carasik Who reads what when? This week we're beginning to read the book of Leviticus.  But in the podcast we'll look at a rabbi who walked into a synagogue and found the reading beginning in a surprising place—and we'll see what light that sheds on the tradition of reading the Torah.  (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:10:38
Turning the Other Tank
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 by Eric Cohen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Stanley Hauerwas argues that being a Christian means never killing others in war. If this is Christianity, then Christianity is a form of eschatological madness.
False Memories of the Crusader States
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 by Peter Frankopan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Take heed, Israel: where things went wrong for the Crusaders was not in the long-distance messaging to core supporters, but in the muddling of that message among neighbors and near-neighbors.    
Found in Israel
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 by Avigayil Kadesh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Every day, the Israel Antiquities Authority has 30 active archeological digs.  Here, a list of the past 25 years' most notable. (With a glaring omission.)      
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