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Verdi, Israeli-StyleFriday, July 9, 2010 by Israel Philharmonic Orchestra | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Mingling with the Friday-morning crowd at Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Center Food Market, performers spring a surprise chorus from Il Trovatore. (Video)
The Return of PeoplehoodFriday, July 9, 2010 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Among the various attempts over time to articulate a common, all-embracing sense of identity and direction for the Jews—that sprawling, fractious, and diverse group—the notion of peoplehood has been experiencing something of a revival. The Jewish Agency, for one, has announced that peoplehood will henceforth be the focus of its programming, and Israel will of course play a central role in this effort. But does a central role for Israel actually comport with the broadly inclusive tent that the "peoplehood" rubric seeks to establish? Some say no.
Friday, July 9, 2010 by Daniel Johnson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
By denying the historical narrative of the Jewish people, by questioning their right to live in their own state, the enemies of the Jews are testing the entire edifice of our civilization.September Smash-Up
Thursday, July 8, 2010 by Dan Senor | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Four reasons why, barring strong action by Washington, a confluence of crises is likely to hit Middle East diplomacy at summer's end.Explosive Diplomacy
Thursday, July 8, 2010 by Eli Lake | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
To the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates, the benefits of stopping Tehran's nuclear program, including by means of military force, far outweigh the possible costs.Abraham Cahan Rethinks
Thursday, July 8, 2010 by Seth Lipsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On his 150th birthday, an imagined interview with the novelist and founding editor of the Jewish Daily Forward.Funnyman
Thursday, July 8, 2010 by John Seven | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
After creating Superman, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster fashioned a very different superhero—perhaps the most straightforward expression of Jewishness to have appeared in comics.
Waiting for the (Political) MessiahThursday, July 8, 2010 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Israelis are not scheduled to go to the polls until October 2013, but no one would be astonished if some political upheaval forced earlier elections. Several high-profile contenders are already letting it be known that they could be enticed to provide the deliverance Israelis habitually crave, either by starting new parties or by taking leadership roles in existing ones. The saviors waiting in the wings include the photogenic television personality Yair Lapid, who promises to stand up to the "settlers" and the "ultra-Orthodox." Then there is the magnetic Aryeh Deri, once the top vote-getter of the Sephardi ultra-Orthodox Shas party,...
Thursday, July 8, 2010 by Matt Buhrman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Ottumwa's B'nai Jacob congregation is in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places; nowadays, fewer than ten worshippers muster for Sabbath services. (With video)Oldest Hatred
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 by Edward Rothstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Three recent works on anti-Semitism underscore not that too much is being written about the phenomenon but that it remains little understood and habitually, perhaps willfully, misdefined.