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Europe’s Zionist Anti-Semites
Monday, July 9, 2012 by Charles Hawley | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Although Europe’s hard Right parties remain hostile to European Jewry, they are equally critical of the EU’s unsympathetic approach to Israel—and have gone to Israel to say so.       
Halakhic Jews and Modern Time
Monday, July 9, 2012 by Barry Kornblau | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

You might not have noticed it, but an unusual event happened at about 7:00 p.m. in New York this past Shabbat, June 30, 2012: we experienced a leap second.
The End is Nigh The End is Nigh
Friday, July 6, 2012 by Allan Arkush | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Richard Landes tells us on the very first page of Heaven on Earth: The Varieties of the Millennial Experience that he isn’t going to confine himself to the usual suspects. 
“A Great Compliment Paid the Jews”
Friday, July 6, 2012 by Michael W. Schwartz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In July 1788, New York State’s ratification of the U.S. Constitution was far from a sure thing. But its supporters still postponed a huge parade out of respect for a Jewish fast day (observed again this Sunday).    
All Quiet on the Hamas Front?
Friday, July 6, 2012 by Moran Stern | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

While Gaza’s terrorist overlords remain implacably opposed to the very existence of the Jewish state, over the last fifteen months Israel and Hamas have found themselves facing common enemies.
Inquisition Tourism
Friday, July 6, 2012 by Hilary Larson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Five hundred years after the expulsion of Jews, and twenty since their official readmittance, scarcely any Jews live in Spain today. But a new tourist campaign hopes at least to bring them back on vacation.