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Demography is DestinyFriday, October 29, 2010 by Lawrence J. Epstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
American Jews show a negative rate of population growth and high assimilation; Israel has different but no less disquieting problems. Needed: more Jews. Falsehood as Fact
Friday, October 29, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An Israeli high-school history textbook abandons historical truth, objectivity, and intellectual honesty in order to present competing Israeli and Palestinian "narratives."
The Azeri ExceptionFriday, October 29, 2010 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Someone forgot to tell the republic of Azerbaijan that Jews and Muslims cannot live together in peace. Somewhere between twenty and forty thousand Jews reside in that Shiite country, which sits on Iran's northern border and enjoys diplomatic, economic, and military ties with Israel. Can this last, and for how long?
Friday, October 29, 2010 by Lee Smith | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
How GOP victories in the midterm elections could help Obama's Mideast game planFear and Humbling
Friday, October 29, 2010 by Tim Parks | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Philip Roth's Nemesis is yet another unashamedly didactic effort to draw attention to the author himself in what looks like an endgame strategy for overcoming mortal fear. Boredom and Judaism
Thursday, October 28, 2010 by Gil Student | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Spiritual boredom, that is. According to Erica Brown, it needs to be embraced, and it also needs to be overcome.The Shrinking Peace Camp
Thursday, October 28, 2010 by Moshe Arens | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Five successive blows have led to a "shrinking left" in Israeli politics, which makes today's most important contest the one between the two major parties on the right.Light and Shade
Thursday, October 28, 2010 by Tim Rutten | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A "Holocaust detective story" is an exercise in pornographic bad taste.Quiches, Kugels, and Couscous
Thursday, October 28, 2010 by Leah Koenig | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Like all of her cookbooks, Joan Nathan's new exploration of the Jewish cuisine of France travels much deeper than the plate.
Jumping with DanceThursday, October 28, 2010 by Margot Lurie | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
"I don't like that people think Israel: war, guns, army. This doesn't really color who we are." Thus speaks Ohad Naharin, artistic director of the Batsheva dance company, which recently completed a triumphantly successful round of performances in New York. To tell the story, and the significance, of modern dance in Israel is indeed to add a bright and distinctive hue to the "color" both of the state and of its cultural achievements, among which Batsheva occupies a place of shining honor.
