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Going Up, or Down?Tuesday, April 13, 2010 by David Horovitz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
According to a longtime student of Israel's economy and education system, the country could become a model for the world—but not unless it undertakes critically urgent reforms.
Loose NukesTuesday, April 13, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Keeping nuclear material out of the hands of terrorists is the announced goal of the Nuclear Security Summit meeting yesterday and today in Washington, attended by representatives of over 40 countries including Israel. It has its work cut out for it. Approximately 35 pounds of uranium-235 (about the size of a grapefruit) or nine pounds of plutonium-239 is enough to make a working nuclear bomb, according to the political scientist Graham Allison. Today, an estimated 4.6 million pounds of nuclear material is dispersed in 40 countries. Unfortunately, Egypt and Turkey are set to sideswipe the nuclear-terrorism meeting to criticize Israel's reputed...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 by Jeff Jacoby | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Although congressional and popular support for the Jewish state remains firm, a look beneath the surface reveals a less than solid consensus.The Jew in the Altarpiece
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 by Samuel Gruber | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
At an exhibit in New York, late-medieval church paintings from Spain feature striking images of synagogues, Jews at prayer, and other evidence of a community on the edge of extinction.A Crisis with a Silver Lining?
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 by Daniel Pipes | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The complexity of U.S.-Israel relations, which go beyond politicians and issues of the moment, leaves much room for paradox and inadvertency.The Wrong Linkage
Monday, April 12, 2010 by Ray Takeyh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Weakening the U.S. relationship with Israel will not advance but harm any opportunity of de-clawing Iran.A New Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Monday, April 12, 2010 by Lauren Green | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In a forthcoming biography, the Lutheran pastor hanged by Hitler emerges as not only a resister but a war hero.All in the (Jazz) Family
Monday, April 12, 2010 by Nat Hentoff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A book ten years in the making finally tells the full story of Jews and Jewish musical influences in jazz.Looking for “Rachel”
Monday, April 12, 2010 by Nirit Anderman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The story of a suppressed 1960 film and its director lights up some all but forgotten corners of early Israeli culture.“Yeshiva Boys”
Monday, April 12, 2010 by Margot Lurie | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The long title poem of David Lehman's new collection is a hallmark of a varied literary career, and a stunning achievement.
