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Bullies, Sluts, Bulimics . . . and Supreme Court JusticesMonday, January 2, 2012 by Shira Kohn | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Given the numbers of women involved over the decades, historians won't be able to ignore the Jewish sorority experience for much longer. (PDF)Whither Israeli Democracy?
Monday, January 2, 2012 by Jonathan S. Tobin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Though Israel is beset with serious social problems and partisan clashes over a host of issues, the idea that democracy there is in any danger is a figment of the imagination of the country's left-wing critics.What Does Paul Goodman Mean to Me?
Monday, January 2, 2012 by Michael Walzer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
He wasn't a particularly nice person, he wasn't a great novelist, he was a fine poet only sometimes, and he wasn't much of a historian—but, but, but . . .Re: Occupy
Friday, December 30, 2011 by Marc Tracy | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A response to Commentary's feature article on Occupy Wall Street and the Jews.Channel 10 Facing Chapter 11
Friday, December 30, 2011 by Ethan Bronner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The troubles of the Israeli TV station are being cast as part of a broader cultural and political war for control over the judiciary, the reporting of news, and public discourse.The Philosopher’s War
Friday, December 30, 2011 by Benjamin Wallace-Wells | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
How Bernard-Henri Lévy managed to goad Sarkozy—and the world—into vanquishing Qaddafi.On the Jesus Trail
Friday, December 30, 2011 by Julia Niemann | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
One journalist hikes the 65-kilometer path in the Galilee, passing from Nazareth through olive groves, the "Cana Wedding Guest House," and a kibbutz manufacturing synagogue furniture to Jesus' "home base" in Capernaum.Women Unite! For . . .
Friday, December 30, 2011 by Elana Sztokman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The driving force behind Israel's mass demonstration against Haredi violence against women was not women's rights, but religious coercion.Communal Table
Friday, December 30, 2011 by Stanley Ginsberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
What exactly are "Jewish baked goods"? The ones that come first to mind—bagels, rugelach, challah—can all be traced back to the Gentile European societies in which the Jews found themselves living at various times.“Fight Judaization!”
Thursday, December 29, 2011 by Jonathan S. Tobin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The tour of Arab capitals being conducted by Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh demonstrates that Hamas' goal is not only to destroy the State of Israel but to eradicate Jewish history.

