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The Ghosts of ShanghaiMonday, July 18, 2011 by Dan Levin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Of the 30,000 Jews who found refuge from Hitler in the Chinese port city, only to be expelled by the Communists in 1949, little remains but tombstones, and these are hard to find.Torah and Military Ethics
Monday, July 18, 2011 by Gil Student | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A wildly controversial book by two Israeli rabbis has been lambasted as racist and an incitement to violence; the first charge is true, the second false.
David Mamet’s HomecomingMonday, July 18, 2011 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
A new book by the playwright, director, and author David Mamet is by definition a significant literary event—but to judge from its critical reception, The Secret Knowledge is not only a bad book but possibly an evil one. Why such heat?
Monday, July 18, 2011 by Matthew Ackerman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Could the demise of the Jewish music promoter JDub Records, though much mourned by its fans, be a harbinger of increasing seriousness among funders? How Not to Have a Palestinian State
Monday, July 18, 2011 by José María Aznar | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Fatah-Hamas rush to declare statehood will impede the formation of civil society on the West Bank and is just another device to delegitimize the state of Israel.
A Tale of Two Nation-StatesFriday, July 15, 2011 by Diana Muir Appelbaum | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
What made Greece, long a pro-Arab country with a history of anti-Semitism and a notoriously soft line on terrorism, stop political activists from sailing a flotilla to Gaza? What led Greece to rush fire-fighting helicopters to the Mt. Carmel fire?
Friday, July 15, 2011 by Jonathan S. Tobin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The U.S. has attempted to train a Palestinian security force only to see it become part of the problem; meanwhile, American tax dollars now flow to a Fatah-Hamas coalition.Digging the Bible’s Bad Guys
Friday, July 15, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Excavations at Goliath-the-giant's hometown of Gath are helping to paint a more nuanced portrait of the Philistines, perennial enemies of the Israelites.Never the Twain Shall Meet?
Friday, July 15, 2011 by Benjamin Resnick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In the view of an American rabbinical student, the tension between liberalism and Zionism is real, much deeper than many think, and potentially unresolvable.Café Krakow
Friday, July 15, 2011 by Ruth Ellen Gruber | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Café-crawling the former Jewish quarter of Krakow, three artists turn up some tasteful, nice hangouts—and some cringeworthy Jewish-themed kitsch.
