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Technicolor MetropolisTuesday, November 1, 2011 by Jonathan Rosen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Far from an account of daily life, a "biography" of Jerusalem unleashes 3,000 years of kings, killers, prophets, pretenders, caliphs, crusaders, and orgiasts, all surfing an ocean of blood.Mozart’s Jewish Opera
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 by David P. Goldman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Don Giovanni exploits the most common motif in the Western canon; yet few can hear the bitter laughter of Spain's Jews resounding behind the music.Repairing the Cracks
Twelve years ago, a massive earthquake prompted Turkey to improve ties with Greece. A recent quake should spur it to seize a similar opportunity with Israel.Strange Gods
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 by Lee Siegel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Why did T.S. Eliot, who made anti-Semitism into an art form, have a signed photo of Groucho Marx hanging on his wall?Hamas vs. Islamic Jihad
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 by Khaled Abu Toameh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
With the backing of Iran and Syria, Islamic Jihad has become a major player in the Gaza Strip, and is beginning to emerge as a serious challenge to the Hamas regime.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011 by Lawrence Grossman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The resurgence of Orthodoxy may be the most profound, and is certainly the most surprising, transformation of Judaism in the past 60 years.
Monday, October 31, 2011 by Edward Rothstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In a new exhibition, the Dead Sea Scrolls are treated not as the beginning of a history, but as its culmination—almost the reverse of their usual treatment.Gertrude Stein’s Vichy Protector
Monday, October 31, 2011 by Eric Banks | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The modernist writer's dogged role as anti-Semitic propagandist was enabled by dapper Vichy bureaucrat Bernard Faÿ, who not only guaranteed her safety but solidified her status as a literary star.An Egyptian Jew in Exile
Monday, October 31, 2011 by Jerry Gordon | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"We started our life as stateless, robbed, homeless refugees": In an interview, Bat Ye'or speaks of her family's heritage, her writing career, and her predictions for the Middle East.Multicultural Mass
Monday, October 31, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The past two decades have seen one of the most significant influxes of Christians into the Holy Land since the Crusades, creating a wholly new, multilingual and multicultural Christian landscape.