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Needed: A Real Freedom FlotillaWednesday, June 1, 2011 by Claudia Rosett | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As the anti-Israel season heats up, another people in the eastern Mediterranean—the Syrians—are in desperate need of "freedom activists." Or is freedom not what the flotillas are about?Earthly Jerusalem
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 by Matti Friedman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Far beneath the bustling streets of old Jerusalem lies an ancient—a very ancient—Jewish city.Music in the Kingdom of Death
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Formally launching this week is a website featuring more than 100 recordings and more than 300 articles devoted to Jewish music composed and performed during the Holocaust.Toward the Multiplex Shul
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 by Reuven Spolter | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
More and more congregants prefer to pray in more intimate surroundings and for shorter periods of time; herewith, a modest proposal for their (increasingly abandoned) rabbis.The Third Man
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 by Elliott Abrams | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Missing from the Netanyahu-Obama drama in Washington was Mahmoud Abbas, the man who really torpedoed the peace process.Two Sisters
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 by Daniel Johnson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Comparing Jacqueline and Gillian Rose, the former a vociferous and overrated campaigner against Israel, the latter a formidable and underrated figure in Jewish and Christian thought.Holding Firm
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 by Alana Goodman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
When it comes to Israel, the "progressive" Left is increasingly out of sync with American attitudes—and, in the main, with the attitudes of the Jewish community. Teiku
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 by Gil Student | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In matters of faith, we must often acknowledge that, in company with some of the greatest rabbis, we do not have answers. (Others beg to differ.) A Forgotten Diaspora
Monday, May 30, 2011 by Tobias O. Green | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Little-known Portuguese Jewish outposts in western Africa in the late-16th and early-17th centuries maintained lively trade relations with places as distant as Amsterdam, Morocco, and Brazil.What of the Night?
Monday, May 30, 2011 by Jacob Sugarman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Shomrim (Watchmen) societies of Brooklyn patrol the streets of hasidic neighborhoods, protecting residents and functioning as intermediaries with the New York police department.

