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No Springtime for Palestinians?
In his May 19 speech celebrating the Arab Spring, President Obama expressed enthusiasm for the "movements for change" that have been unseating tyrants previously supported or tolerated by the United States. In language echoing that of his despised rival George W. Bush, he adopted as his own the idea of promoting democracy in the Middle East.
The Obama Doctrine and IsraelWednesday, May 25, 2011 by Sol Stern | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In his May 19 speech celebrating the Arab Spring, President Obama expressed enthusiasm for the "movements for change" that have been unseating tyrants previously supported or tolerated by the United States. In language echoing that of his despised rival George W. Bush, he adopted as his own the idea of promoting democracy in the Middle East.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 by Jonathan Rynhold | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Why Israel cannot accede to a complete military withdrawal to the pre-June 1967 lines: the reason has little to do with the Palestinians. (PDF)The Contradictions of anti-Semitism
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 by Stanley Fish | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Are Jews a success story, or a plague? Victims, or victimizers? Devils, or God's chosen people? Thoughts on an "oversaturated" and shape-shifting stereotype.I Believe in Israel
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 by Richard Kemp | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The former commander of British forces in Afghanistan decries the "anti-Israel conspiracy" and pays tribute to the soldiers of the IDF, "who sacrifice so much for the defense of Israel and for our Western democratic values." (Transcript)Where Have all the Boomers Gone?
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 by David Elcott and Stuart Himmelfarb | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Among members of American ethnic and religious groups, Jews tend to be older; fixated on the young, foundations and communal organizations ignore the fifty-and-up cohort at their peril.Lenin’s Jewish Roots
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
For the first time, Russian museum-goers can view documents confirming longstanding rumors about the Soviet dictator's family background.Arab Apartheid
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 by Ben Dror Yemini | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The true nakba of the 1948 Arab refugees is not their dispossession, a common fate in the 20th century, but the crushing abuse they have suffered at the hands of the Arab states to which they fled. The New Faces of Religious Zionism
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 by Maayana Miskin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A sector of the Israeli population once relatively uniform has grown both religiously and politically diverse, much more so than is commonly credited.In Lublin, with Ruins
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 by Alan Brill | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In one Polish city, the restoration of Jewish sites means returning them to what's left of the community, not renovating the buildings or educating anyone about the culture they represent.Paradoxes of Commitment
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 by Erica Brown | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In Judaism, marriage bonds are like tefillin: restrictive and confining, liberating and redemptive.