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Minorities in the IDF
Recently, while driving by the Israeli settlement of Nokdim (where Avigdor Lieberman lives), I picked up a hitchhiking soldier. We started chatting, and I asked the soldier his name. "Mustafa," he said. "You're a Muslim?" I asked. "Yes," he answered, "from Haifa."
Gas AttackWednesday, July 27, 2011 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Recently, while driving by the Israeli settlement of Nokdim (where Avigdor Lieberman lives), I picked up a hitchhiking soldier. We started chatting, and I asked the soldier his name. "Mustafa," he said. "You're a Muslim?" I asked. "Yes," he answered, "from Haifa."
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 by Ariel Cohen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Only now that Israel has identified substantial underwater gas reserves is Hizballah making an issue of maritime borders. Is it, perchance, spoiling for a fight?Zooming in on Israel
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 by Omri Ceren | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Think that lately the American media have become obsessed with the Jewish state? A new academic study shows that the obsession goes all the way back to 1950.
The State of the Arab State
From the Mashriq to the Maghreb, one end of the Arab world to the other, people are contemplating where the six-month-long upheavals that began with the Arab Spring are fated to deliver them. Those with longer memories may recall an earlier experiment at reshaping the political contours of Arab governance.
For Whom the Bell TollsTuesday, July 26, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
From the Mashriq to the Maghreb, one end of the Arab world to the other, people are contemplating where the six-month-long upheavals that began with the Arab Spring are fated to deliver them. Those with longer memories may recall an earlier experiment at reshaping the political contours of Arab governance.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Did a tiny ancient golden bell, found near the Temple Mount and making a faint metallic clink, once adorn a priestly garment?Whale on Rye
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 by Natan Slifkin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
If a whale had cloven hooves and chewed its cud, would it be kosher?On “Chutzbah”
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 by Fred MacDowell | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
According to an 1896 essay, a "light sarcastic humor, smart but superficial," is a specialty of Jews, who, while abounding in insolence, fatally lack the modesty that is the mark of true genius.The Day the Music Didn’t Die
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 by Bob Goldfarb | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Although one wouldn't know it from the obituaries for JDub, at least two other companies promoting contemporary Jewish music continue to thrive on leaner budgets and with much smaller staffs.A Double Tragedy for Norway
Monday, July 25, 2011 by Bruce Bawer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Not only has Norway lost almost 100 people, but legitimate criticism of extremist Islam, a continuing threat to freedom, has been discredited by association with a homicidal madman.Not the Way
Monday, July 25, 2011 by Gerald Steinberg and Jason Edelstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Recent Knesset legislation intended to combat Israel's de-legitimization will instead encourage it, while polarizing Israelis and Diaspora Jews alike.