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Political Contrail
This month marks the 30th anniversary of an emotionally fraught and bitterly waged political confrontation between the Reagan administration and the organized Jewish community.
Vandalism and EvenhandednessTuesday, October 11, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
This month marks the 30th anniversary of an emotionally fraught and bitterly waged political confrontation between the Reagan administration and the organized Jewish community.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 by Jonathan S. Tobin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Compared to the outcry against the tiny minority of Israelis engaging in violence against Arabs, the fact that Arab violence against Jewish targets is not considered worthy of much indignation is of great concern.MausTrap
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 by Ruth Franklin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Art Spiegelman's "survivor's tale" is a painstakingly-researched work, rooted in his father's memories of life in Hitler's Europe and in the death camps. So why did it top the fiction charts?
Muslims and Jews in America
Consider these two questions: During the past ten years, approximately 170 American Muslims have been arrested for plotting terror attacks against Jews or materially aiding other terrorists.
Born AgainMonday, October 10, 2011 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Consider these two questions: During the past ten years, approximately 170 American Muslims have been arrested for plotting terror attacks against Jews or materially aiding other terrorists.
Monday, October 10, 2011 by Kasim Hafeez | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
There is pervasive anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism on British campuses; just ask a British student, raised to venerate Hitler as a hero, who has now become a Zionist.Who am I?
Monday, October 10, 2011 by Saul Bellow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In a 1988 talk, Saul Bellow ponders in what order he is a writer, an American, and a Jew—and why.The Failure of the Arab Spring
Monday, October 10, 2011 by Martin Peretz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
This year's uprisings have not brought and for the foreseeable future are unlikely to bring democracy to the Arab world.Small Victory
Monday, October 10, 2011 by Anshel Pfeffer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
By ostentatiously listing himself as "without religion," the novelist Yoram Kaniuk has confirmed the failure of secular Israelis to provide an alternative vision of Judaism.Her Price is Far Above . . . .
Monday, October 10, 2011 by Philologos | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The King James Version puts the price of a virtuous woman above "rubies"; others say "pearls" or "corals." Who is right?Let Us Now Praise Muslim Feminists
Friday, October 7, 2011 by Phyllis Chesler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
One Jewish woman celebrates the 19th- and early-20th-century Muslims who emerged from sex slavery to fight for universal human rights.