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The Old, the New, the New NewWednesday, August 25, 2010 by Amnon Rubinstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A prominent Israeli scholar, columnist, and politician talks about five books on his country, from politics and peoplehood to land and society.Class Menagerie
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 by Adam Kirsch | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A collection of Japanese figurines illuminates the history of the European Jewish dynasty who owned it.Back to Day School
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 by Debra Nussbaum Cohen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Why Jewish schools are an increasingly comfortable choice for bicultural, biracial, and interfaith families.
Zionism Derangement SyndromeWednesday, August 25, 2010 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
A smoldering resentment, bordering on political paranoia, is palpable in sectors of Israel's Left these days. Everywhere, it seems, powerful enemies are conspiring to undermine the centers of cultural influence that leftists have long regarded as their own property, and as beyond criticism. Their response bears a resemblance to the left-wing American affliction that the columnist Charles Krauthammer memorably labeled "Bush Derangement Syndrome."
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 by Christopher Hawthorne | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"Sukkah City," an architectural competition to re-imagine the traditional tabernacle, has announced its twelve finalists.Fighting Irish
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 by Ben S. Cohen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A precocious Cork student was the pride of Ireland—until she volunteered for the IDF.To Die Young, Gifted, and Black
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 by Henrick Karoliszyn, Matthew Lysiak, and Corky Siemaszko | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The surprising life and tragic death of Yoseph Robinson, Jamaican hip-hop mogul turned Orthodox Jew.An Iranian Toqueville
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 by Samuel Thrope | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A 1964 essay by Jamal Al-e Ahmad, Velayat-e Esrael, idealized the state of Israel as an alternative society.
Requiem for a Big Little MagazineTuesday, August 24, 2010 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
After eighty-six years, eighty-two in print and the last few in cyberspace, the New Leader, a quintessential American "little magazine," is folding. Like all good publications, it both embodied and analyzed a world of its own, a world worth remembering.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 by John McManus | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Poor but philoprogenitive, Britain's ultra-Orthodox face major challenges.