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The Z-WordMonday, January 16, 2012 by Jay Nordlinger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Originally a term for the movement to establish a Jewish state in ancient Israel, "Zionism" has hung on, particularly in the mouths of Israel's enemies.Resolved
Monday, January 16, 2012 by Fred MacDowell | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Did Congress ever contemplate adopting Hebrew as the official American language?False Flag
Monday, January 16, 2012 by Mark Perry | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel gambled its friendship with the U.S. by having Mossad agents pose as American spies to recruit terrorists to fight their covert war against Iran.Straddling the Non-Existent Middle
Friday, January 13, 2012 by D.G. Myers | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Too many young Zionists, with the best will of the world, want to stand on both sides of the question. A rejoinder to Erika Dreifus' Jewish Ideas Daily feature. Stained Glass Ceiling?
Friday, January 13, 2012 by Joanne Palmer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Women rabbis are shocked to have problems getting jobs. But is this because, as the (woman) head of a Conservative rabbinical school maintains, halakhah is an inherently male system?Spreading the Hebrew Word
Friday, January 13, 2012 by Gustavo D. Perednik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Gauging a language's importance according to its number of native speakers would place Hebrew at number 70. Yet Hebrew has had an outsize influence on human language, and on Western civilization.A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing
Friday, January 13, 2012 by Michael A. Cohen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Mitt Romney certainly talks tough on Iran, European socialism, and Obama's abandonment of Israel. But would his foreign policy really be any different?Lost Synagogues of Europe
Friday, January 13, 2012 by Andrea Strongwater | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A wooden synagogue, a synagogue that hosted Zionist meetings, the first Reform temple with an organ: a slideshow of the artist's paintings of pre-World War II synagogues for a series of children's books.The Last Resort
Thursday, January 12, 2012 by Jordana Horn | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Jews may have deserted the Catskills for the Vineyard and the Hamptons. But one of the great resorts, Kutsher's, refuses to go quietly. Meet Kutsher's Tribeca.The Bad Samaritan
Thursday, January 12, 2012 by Amy-Jill Levine | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
You can't understand the story of the Good Samaritan without knowing that a Samaritan was the last kind of person to whom a Jew would look for help.

