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After ChavezThursday, March 7, 2013 by Uriel Heilman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The death of Hugo Chavez brings to an end a regime that cultivated hostility toward Jews where little existed before. But Venezuela's Jews aren't breathing a sigh of relief yet. Apartheid Agenda
Thursday, March 7, 2013 by Patrick Mascoe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The organizers of Israel Apartheid Week distort U.N. resolutions, conceal their identities, and deliberately ignore racial segregation in Muslim countries—all under the guise of free speech.Unifying Three Communities
Thursday, March 7, 2013 by Jonathan Sacks | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"To preserve the diversity of a tsibbur with the unity of purpose of an edah–that is the challenge of kehillah-formation, community-building, itself the greatest task of a great leader."The Red and the White
Thursday, March 7, 2013 by Benn Steil | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Jewish economist Harry Dexter White, architect of the post-war Western monetary system agreed at Bretton Woods, was suspected of being a Soviet spy. New research shows he was. The Orthodox Go to Washington
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 by Yair Rosenberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Offering sessions aimed at Orthodox rabbis for the first time, this year's AIPAC conference reflects a broader trend of engagement in the political process by the Orthodox community.Vienna’s Jewish University
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 by Cnaan Lipshiz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
To its founder, the Lauder Business School is a first-rate business university for European Jews. To Austria, it is a chance to "re-establish Vienna as the seat of Jewish intelligentsia."Believing in the Novel
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 by J. L. Wall | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Recently, author Paul Elie sounded the death knell for the "novel of belief." But did he overlook contemporary Jewish fiction?The Outsider
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 by Joseph Epstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A Jew who dismissed his native Romania as "a sewer," Saul Steinberg became "the only major artist in the United States who is not associated with any art movement or style, past or present."What Lurks Underneath Odessa?
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 by Moses Gates | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"We spend hours in the catacombs, doing several trips to various sections. . . . Then we turn a corner and see a circle about a foot in diameter with a swastika carved into it."Locust Cheeseburgers
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 by Natan Slifkin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As Pesach approaches, Egypt is once again beset by a plague of locusts. But if they descend upon Israel, they might end up on at least one man's menu.

