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Last Chance to Quiz GranddadFriday, October 5, 2012 by David Crossland | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Historian Moritz Pfeiffer intended his new book about his own grandparents’ Nazi past to encourage others to question their aging relatives. But young Germans just want to move on.Marching in Malmo
Friday, October 5, 2012 by Cnaan Liphshiz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Facing a hostile population and an unsympathetic mayor, anti-Semitic attacks have become a matter of course for the Jews of Malmo, Sweden. But now they are fighting back. For Whom the Pell Tolls
Friday, October 5, 2012 by Paul Berger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Michigan Jewish Institute was a small college until it received $25 million in federal Pell Grants; now it is an online university—and its students are learning in Israel. Job and Justice
Friday, October 5, 2012 by Harold Kushner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
“If we want to believe that ours is a moral world, the scene of justice and fairness, we need to confront the arguments presented in what is probably the most challenging book in the entire Bible.”The Zionist of Vilna
Friday, October 5, 2012 by Michael Freund | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On the 215th anniversary of the Vilna Gaon’s death, he should be remembered not only for championing Talmud study but also for encouraging thousands of Jews to make aliyah.
In Defense of the Nation-State
Daniel Gordis wants you to know that if you want tolerance, diversity and freedom, you should work for Zionism. In his new book, Gordis weaves the work of political theorists and historians into a compelling case for the nation-state in general and Israel in particular.
Friday, October 5, 2012 by Diana Muir Appelbaum | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Daniel Gordis wants you to know that if you want tolerance, diversity and freedom, you should work for Zionism. In his new book, Gordis weaves the work of political theorists and historians into a compelling case for the nation-state in general and Israel in particular.