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Bring Menasseh’s Children HomeFriday, March 26, 2010 by Michael Freund | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A community of Indians that believes itself descended from a lost biblical tribe anxiously awaits aliyah.The Higher Anti-Zionism
Friday, March 26, 2010 by Martin Sherman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In its shoddiness and blatant bias, The Israel-Palestine Conflict, written by a professor at UCLA and released by a prestigious publisher, underscores the bad faith permeating much academic discourse.Passover on the Mountain
Friday, March 26, 2010 by M. K. Wankowicz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Celebrating the festival with the Samaritans in Palestine, ca. 1943.Passover Curiosa
Thursday, March 25, 2010 by David Golinkin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Clay in the haroset, and other lesser-known customs of the holiday.Making a Biblical Garden
Thursday, March 25, 2010 by Leslie Berliant | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A springtime guide for tourists and home gardeners.
Thoroughly Modern MatzahThursday, March 25, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
When Jews the world over sit down next week to mark the birth of Jewish history, matzah will figure prominently at the table. Matzah baking is an exacting task; according to traditional law, the entire process, from first kneading to exit from the oven, must be accomplished in 18 minutes flat, with not a speck of leaven in sight. For thousands of years, these specifications and others were laboriously met by hand. Yet this most ancient food has a modern history, too. The first matzah machine was invented in 1838 in France. With rabbinic approval, the technology moved steadily eastward. The...
Thursday, March 25, 2010 by Lenny Ben-David | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Shepherd Hotel, the latest point of contention between Jerusalem and Washington, is a stone's throw from the Hebrew University and Hadassah Hospital on Mt. Scopus.Professor Nasser-Abu Alhija
Thursday, March 25, 2010 by Or Kashti | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In a first, an Israeli Arab woman joins the 33 Israeli Arab men holding full professorships in the country's research universities.The Rise and Fall of an American Jewish Community
Thursday, March 25, 2010 by Jason Maoz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
At the middle of the 20th century, the Jews of Newark, New Jersey had numbers, institutions, and history on their side; desolation awaited.What Does the Seder Celebrate?
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 by Theodor H. Gaster | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
From April 1951, a classic essay on what Passover is not about, and what it is.