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A Different Look at Day School DataTuesday, January 17, 2012 by Jack Wertheimer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Without the right perspective, it's easy to misread the non-Orthodox day school enrollment figures and miss the larger significance of the trends they portend.Who’s on First?
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 by James Kirchick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
So-called progressives should stop mimicking the far Right and refrain from using terms like "Israel-firster" that question the allegiance of their fellow Americans.Literature for Litvaks
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 by Gil Student | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A newly-translated volume of stories gives voice to an anti-Hasidic point of view—in some stories more subtly than in others.
America the BiblicalTuesday, January 17, 2012 by Diana Muir Appelbaum | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The Greeks did not invent equality. Socrates, Aristotle, Plato, and the gang famously believed that the rich are different from you and me—not merely because they are shaped by their privileges but because they are actually, literally made of superior stuff.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 by Ross Perlin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
It was a stray reference to Kafka's obsession with Yiddish theater that started Kazuo Ueda down the path that led to his creation of an implausible opus: the world's first Yiddish-Japanese dictionary.
Gender TroubleMonday, January 16, 2012 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Suddenly, it seems, gender segregation is everywhere in Israel—buses, army bases, Jerusalem sidewalks, Beit Shemesh schoolyards and, above all, the front pages. What is going on here? Why is all this happening now? Let's begin with the second question.
Monday, January 16, 2012 by Sol Stern | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
With their monumental errors of political and moral judgment, Hannah Arendt's writings on Zionism, Israel, and the Holocaust have metastasized into a destructive legacy.Trust
Monday, January 16, 2012 by Reuven Hammer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Israeli Chief Rabbinate requires documents proving the Jewishness of one's mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother when applying for marriage. Is this really Jewish law?The Z-Word
Monday, January 16, 2012 by Jay Nordlinger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Originally a term for the movement to establish a Jewish state in ancient Israel, "Zionism" has hung on, particularly in the mouths of Israel's enemies.Resolved
Monday, January 16, 2012 by Fred MacDowell | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Did Congress ever contemplate adopting Hebrew as the official American language?