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Hands of Clay
Monday, March 15, 2010 by Michael Kaminer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

An exhibit in Toronto showcases one of the Jewish state's most vibrant art forms.
Governing Israel
Monday, March 15, 2010 by David Horovitz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

What did an ultimate insider see, and what did he learn? An interview with Yehuda Avner.
A Compromised Moderate
Friday, March 12, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Sheikh Mohammed Sayyid Tantawi condemned al-Qaeda and the full-face veil, but his devotion to Hosni Mubarak abetted the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood.
My Zionism
Friday, March 12, 2010 by Yossi Sarid | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A sort of credo by a prominent former Knesset member, cabinet minister, and leader of the Meretz party.
Bystander Effect
Friday, March 12, 2010 by Ahmad Saeid | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

One and a half billion Muslims, held everywhere at bay by a tiny world community of Jews, can learn a lesson from their enemies.
An Ethiopian Haggadah
Friday, March 12, 2010 by Ruth Eglash | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

For the seder table: a traditional haggadah incorporating the saga of Ethiopian Jewry.
The Man who Wasn’t There
Friday, March 12, 2010 by Ariel Hirschfeld | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Forty years after his death, the name and writings of the Israeli poet Natan Alterman "still hover in the air we breathe."
The Night Arafat Kissed Me
Thursday, March 11, 2010 by Walter Russell Mead | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Why are Americans so supportive of Israel?
Reading like a Middle Easterner
Thursday, March 11, 2010 by Lee Smith | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Interpretations of American policy are couched in stark conspiratorial terms by Muslims and Arabs, and are often manipulated by their regimes.
Labor Relations
Thursday, March 11, 2010 by Christoph Schult | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Jews who worked in Nazi ghettos during World War II still wait for their pensions.