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Gen-X ZionistMonday, January 4, 2010 by Greg Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An American immigrant traces his journey from idealist, to ideologue, to sober celebrator of Zionist reality.Whatever Happened to American Jewish Literature?
Monday, January 4, 2010 by Scott Jaschick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Today's English departments offer courses in just about every ethnic literature—except one.
Some Things Never Go AwayMonday, January 4, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Nine years ago, according to recent reports in the Israeli media, the head of the country's leading forensic institute admitted to having transplanted tissues and organs—corneas, skin, heart valves, and bones—from deceased Jews, Palestinians, and foreign workers. It seems that the families of the decedents, while consenting to autopsies, had not consented to transplants. The practice was halted and the physician dismissed from his post. Old news, then. But the exact nature of the doctor's past actions, limited if clearly unethical, was lost in the furor aroused by the surfacing of this old news in late December. In Britain, the Guardian...
Monday, January 4, 2010 by Cathal Kelly | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Why are Israel's airport-security measures so effective and yet so relatively quick?The Coming Arab World
Monday, January 4, 2010 by Ezzedine Choukri Fishere | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Political illegitimacy, growing popular Islamism, rampant anti-rationalism: a triple whammy that will likely drive the Arab world into further belligerency.Reality Calls
Monday, December 21, 2009 by Michael J. Totten | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In a new study of Arab public opinion, a clear majority considers Iran a greater threat than Israel.Reverse Racism, Parisian-Style
Monday, December 21, 2009 by Corinne Mellul | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Obsessed with defining their national identity, the French are simultaneously paralyzed by the fear of being labeled Islamophobic.A Mooving Tale
Monday, December 21, 2009 by Eugene Scheel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Sixty years ago, Morris Levy transported hundreds of pregnant Holsteins from Virginia to Israel to help jump-start the country's thriving dairy industry.Rootless Cosmopolitan
Monday, December 21, 2009 by Louis Menand | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In a long-in-the-making biography, Michael Scammell attempts to unravel the hectic life and multifarious work of Arthur Koestler.An Anniversary
Monday, December 21, 2009 by Charles Krauthammer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On the completion of a quarter-century of weekly columns, the redoubtable writer pronounces himself tan, rested, and ready for the new era.
