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Witness to History
Thursday, March 17, 2011 by Martin H. Kley | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

An American arrived in Berlin in 1932 intending to study German labor unions; he ended up keeping a diary of the Nazi takeover.
J Street and the President
Thursday, March 17, 2011 by William Kristol | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Has Obama's favorite Middle East lobby finally dropped its "pro-Israel" mask?
What’s Inside
Thursday, March 17, 2011 by Ruth Abusch-Magder | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Hidden identities are the very essence of Purim, and the holiday's foods, from hamentaschen to surprise fillings in bread and meatballs, reinforce the message.
Toward a Pluralistic Middle East? Toward a Pluralistic Middle East?
Thursday, March 17, 2011 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

As the Middle East lurches through the present confusion of civil war, revolution, and mass protest, decent people everywhere wonder about the chances of a more pluralistic and democratic order emerging. One way of measuring progress in that direction will be to track the treatment of minorities like the Berbers and the Jews.
Coins of the Land
Thursday, March 17, 2011 by Shula Kopf | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A monumental numismatic history from ancient Judea to present-day Israel has been written, in Mandarin, by the head chef at Beijing's Great Hall of the People.
Are Israeli Settlers Human?
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 by Bret Stephens | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

No nation has been held to so stringent a moral account as Israel, and no people to so slight an account as the Palestinians. The murder of the Fogels demands a redressing of that imbalance.
Master Illustrator
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 by Eve M. Kahn | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A new, annotated edition of Arthur Szyk's Haggadah brings back a long-neglected Jewish artist.
Miral: A Review
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 by Kyle Smith | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

On March 14, UN members were treated to a spurious film vision of the Israel-Palestinian conflict in which all evils—including the record of Palestinian violence—are Israel's fault.
Pacific Coast Byways
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 by Deborah Dash Moore | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Three talented historians have teamed up to write a history of West Coast Jews, from the 1840s Gold Rush to the rise of the Hollywood moguls.
L’artiste Maudit
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 by Adam Kirsch | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A biography of the artist Amedeo Modigliani lacks an intimate sense of the cultural and intellectual forces that made his erratic behavior, and his achievement, possible.