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A Matter of SovereigntyMonday, March 7, 2011 by Shlomo Avineri | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A well-meaning proposal to break the monopoly of the chief rabbinate over conversions runs the risk of delegating authority in issues of Israeli law to non-Israelis. (For a response, see here.)Jonathan Pollard’s Legacy
Monday, March 7, 2011 by Jonathan S. Tobin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
At this point, freeing the imprisoned spy would harm no one, but there is no underestimating the damage he and his Israeli handlers did to American Jewry.Church, State, and American Jews
Monday, March 7, 2011 by Jenna Weissman Joselit | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A community zealously separationist in principle has time and again found itself blurring the line when it comes to interfaith relations, ensuring a stable supply of kosher food products, and various ritual practices.Qaddafi’s Toads
Friday, March 4, 2011 by Walter Russell Mead | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The top ten international enablers who gave gratuitous aid and comfort to Libya's murderous psychopath.A Jewish Moment of Truth
Friday, March 4, 2011 by Evelyn Gordon and Hadassah Levy | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The adaptation of religious law (halakhah) to the needs of exile preserved the Jews for 2,000 years; why can't Judaism rise to the challenge of a sovereign state?Facebook War over Qatar
Friday, March 4, 2011 by L. Barkan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On the social-media site, a vociferous campaign calls for revolution against the regime of the Emir, a "traitorous agent of the Jews."A Fork in J Street?
Friday, March 4, 2011 by Alana Goodman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Five signs that the organization's days as a Washington lobby are over and that its future, if it has one, will be as an activist group à la Peace Now.Architect of Joy
Friday, March 4, 2011 by Benjamin Ivry | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Contravening the dictates of modernism, the "super-shlock" work of Morris Lapidus was designed to make people happy—and it does.So Far, So Good
Thursday, March 3, 2011 by Daniel Pipes | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
With exceptions, the Arab revolts have been constructive, patriotic, and open; much now depends on developments in Iran and Saudi Arabia—and within the rebel movements themselves.JewsJewsJews!
Thursday, March 3, 2011 by Jeffrey Goldberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On the latest eruption of anti-Jewish slurs and the excitement of being at the center of so many different and maniacal fantasies.

