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Defining NakbaMonday, May 16, 2011 by Khaled Abu Toameh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The "sacred destination" of the Palestinians, Mahmoud Abbas has declared, is the "return" of millions of 1948 refugees and their descendants to what is today Israel.
O CanadaMonday, May 16, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In striking contrast to the treatment Jerusalem has been getting from its fair-weather European allies and a fickle Obama administration, there stands, of all countries, Canada. Why "of all countries"? Because none of this was preordained. Until lately, Canada's relations with Israel have essentially followed the trajectory of those with Western Europe—that is, starting out warm and turning increasingly frosty.
Monday, May 16, 2011 by Jeffrey Herf | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A specter is haunting Egypt: popularly legitimated anti-Semitism resulting from electoral gains by the Muslim Brotherhood.Why South Koreans Love Judaism
Monday, May 16, 2011 by Tim Alper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Most may not know what is involved in being a Jew, but Stories from the Talmud is a Korean bestseller and the government has included it in the primary-school curriculum.The King’s Nasty Speech
Monday, May 16, 2011 by Ruth King | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Colin Firth, who played the anti-Semitic, anti-Zionist George VI to perfection, is now set to play Avraham Stern, one of the king's fiercest opponents in Jewish Palestine.Human Rights and Wrongs
Friday, May 13, 2011 by Noah Pollak | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The world's most destructive anti-Israel organization isn't run by Arabs or Europeans. It's run by Israelis.
Mimouna!Friday, May 13, 2011 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
What did two million Israelis do when Passover ended this year? As in previous years, they celebrated Mimouna, a Moroccan Jewish holiday that is popularly observed by picnicking, barbecueing, and consuming moufletas (sweet North African pancakes). And what is Mimouna all about? No one really knows.
Friday, May 13, 2011 by Joseph Berger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
At one-hundred, the teacher and comic novelist Bel Kaufman may be the last person alive who remembers the peculiar humor of her grandfather, Sholem Aleichem.What “Disaffected Jews”?
Friday, May 13, 2011 by Ted Lapkin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Claims of a weakened attachment to Israel are grossly overstated, if not patently false.Is Greed Good?
Friday, May 13, 2011 by Gil Student | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An investigation into classical Jewish commentaries on the accumulation of wealth, its benefits and its perils.
