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Hezbollah Waits and Prepares
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 by Nicholas Blanford | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Even as the Lebanese militant group has evolved into the most formidable non-state military force in the world, its single-minded focus is on the next conflict with Israel.
How Not to Win the Jewish Vote
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 by Michael Medved | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The notion that candidates win backing in the American Jewish community based primarily on support for Israel is groundless.
In November, the Arabs Said “No” In November, the Arabs Said “No”
Monday, November 21, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

There are no uneventful months in the tortured history of the Arab-Israel conflict. November is no exception.  It was on November 2, 1917 that British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour sent Lord Rothschild a letter—the Balfour Declaration.
False Equivalence
Monday, November 21, 2011 by Nathan Jeffay | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

It is supremely irresponsible to equate Shalit's captivity to Pollard's imprisonment, or the former's inhumane abduction by Hamas to the latter's due process in the U.S.
Saintly Scientist
Monday, November 21, 2011 by Benjamin Ivry | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Co-winner of the 1925 Nobel Prize in physics, James Franck's achievements and extended hand to postwar Germany are long overdue for a returned hand from his native country.
Jordan Starts to Shake
Monday, November 21, 2011 by Nicolas Pelham | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Economic necessity has pushed Abdullah II closer to the middle-class Palestinian population and away from his natural base, thus destabilizing the security of his throne.
The Voice of a Woman
Monday, November 21, 2011 by Shmuel Rosner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

If many Orthodox Jews believe themselves to be forbidden from hearing a woman sing, how far should the Israeli military go to facilitate their observance?
Long Trip Home
Monday, November 21, 2011 by Jane Eisner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

How the first African-American to head a national news magazine found the family and community that he desperately missed—among Jews.
From Haran to Hebron
Friday, November 18, 2011 by Moshe Gilad | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

One anthropologist is on a campaign to mark the 1,200 kilometer path traveled by the patriarch Abraham through Jordan, Syria, Iraq, and Israel.
Treacherous Texts
Friday, November 18, 2011 by Benjamin Balint | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The amazing and enduring power of the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" has little to do with the mind of its forgers and everything to do with the avidity of its consumers.
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