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That Gay Girl in Damascus
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 by Jonah Goldberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

For a while, even the State Department was taken in by the blogging lesbian Muslim with her impeccably anti-Israel and anti-American credentials. Too bad she did not and could not exist.
Hebrew Science
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 by Fred MacDowell | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In the late-18th century, a bibliophile Lithuanian rabbi collected a wide-ranging science library that served, among others, the free-thinking Solomon Maimon and the Gaon of Vilna.
Sleeping to the Beat
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 by Ben Shalev | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

At the age of sixty, a Moroccan-born musical prodigy, master of piyyut, and virtuoso of the oud is releasing his first album.
The Air Man
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 by Robert Lenzner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Al Schwimmer, an American adventurer and Zionist who has died at ninety-five, was crucially responsible for the creation and nurturance of Israel's mighty air force.
The Conscience of a French Jew
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 by Benjamin Ivry | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The life's work of the great historian Pierre Nora, keeper of France's "realms of memory," has been powerfully motivated by his sense of Jewish identity.
Love, True Love, and Statistics Love, True Love, and Statistics
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

The depth of sympathy for the Jewish state among ordinary Americans ought to be cause for positive amazement. In stark contrast to strikingly negative European attitudes, a far-reaching CNN poll released on May 31 presents an uplifting picture of American public opinion toward Israel.
Can Terrorism Be Solved?
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 by Gabriel Schoenfeld | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

According to a new book, the history of Israeli counterterrorism is a case study in tactical excellence consistently undermined by strategic failure. Really?
Italy Against the Jews
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 by Giulio Meotti | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

From boycotts of Israeli products to boycotts of stores owned by Jews to demonizations of Jews in the liberal press, anti-Semitism has once again become fashionable in Italy.
From Babel to Babylon
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 by Gwendolyn Leick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A beautifully produced book highlights, through the spectacular collections of three European museums, the life and culture of an ancient city.
Anti-Semitism and Man at Yale Anti-Semitism and Man at Yale
Monday, June 13, 2011 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

The modern university is no longer made up simply of departments and regular professors teaching students. Ancillary centers, programs, and initiatives proliferate, undertaking research on every conceivable topic. The fates of such entities rarely make the New York Post. But anti-Semitism is not a normal subject.