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A Bad BillMonday, October 18, 2010 by Dan Izenberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
To the distinguished legal authority Ruth Gavison, there is nothing wrong with requiring an oath of allegiance to Israel as a Jewish and democratic state, but the form and context of proposed legislation to that effect leave much to be desired.A Writer’s Duty
Monday, October 18, 2010 by Ken Kalfus | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new collection in English of fiction and journalism by Vasily Grossman, whose great masterpiece Life and Fate was suppressed by Moscow, excavates vital artifacts of Soviet Jewish experience.J Street’s Problem
Monday, October 18, 2010 by Walter Russell Mead | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Standing in the lobby's way are not its questionable donors, or the pro-Israel convictions of American Jews, but the long-settled values and sentiments of the American people.Cleaning Strauss’s House
Monday, October 18, 2010 by Susanne Klingenstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Was Maimonides a Jew? According to the unpublished private correspondence of the political philosopher Leo Strauss, no.A City without a Memory
Monday, October 18, 2010 by Erich Follath | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Budapest is experiencing a revival of anti-Semitic agitation, causing many of its Jews to leave.
Good Girl Gone BadMonday, October 18, 2010 by Margot Lurie | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Fifty-five years ago, a star was born: plucky, lucky Marjorie Morningstar, the "American Everygirl who happens to be Jewish." At least, that's how Time described her. Today, depending on whom you ask, Herman Wouk's 1955 novel, Marjorie Morningstar, is either the story of the romantic awakening of a blue-eyed Jewish beauty or a cautionary tale about what happens when you stray too far from your origins.
Friday, October 15, 2010 by Ari Shavit | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Seven reasons why Israel is right to insist on recognition as a Jewish state.East of Sweden
Friday, October 15, 2010 by Donald Snyder | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Once, Jews sought refuge in Malmo; but Sweden has become "a microcosm of contemporary anti-Semitism," and many are fleeing to Israel.Favorite Son
Friday, October 15, 2010 by Judith Matloff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Asserting its national identity, Belarus embraces Chagall the artist, but not Chagall the Jew.An Israeli Bubble?
Friday, October 15, 2010 by Amy Teibel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Despite perennial fears of war, Israel has emerged as one of the hottest property markets in the world, leading to fears of another kind.

