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A Living, Humming InstrumentThursday, July 21, 2011 by Allan Nadler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The great poet of cultural Zionism, Hayim Nahman Bialik (1873–1934), also gave voice to the predicament of loving religious Judaism while violating its norms.
Fueling Israel’s FutureThursday, July 21, 2011 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Are abundant natural resources a blessing, or a curse? Israel, thus far burdened with a crippling dependency on imported oil and gas, has had astonishing success in developing its human resources—so much so that it has flourished economically even in the current global recession.
Thursday, July 21, 2011 by Manfred Gerstenfeld | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Iceland has an ignoble history of anti-Semitism, and its current left-wing government is exacerbating matters.Neither Jew Nor Greek
Thursday, July 21, 2011 by Nadia Kalman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A novelistic account of Brother Daniel, a notorious Jewish-born convert to Christianity, embraces the dissolution of distinctions—not only between Christians and Jews, but between murderers and victims.UNESCO’s Revisionism
Thursday, July 21, 2011 by Giulio Meotti | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Mired in anti-Jewish prejudice, the UN's cultural body classifies Rachel's tomb and Hebron's Cave of the Patriarchs as mosques—and the great Jewish scholar and philosopher Maimonides as a Muslim.Last Resort
Thursday, July 21, 2011 by Moshe Arens | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As Israel has demonstrated its ability to overcome military aggression against it, its enemies have chosen another method of attack.
The Good FenceWednesday, July 20, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Just about anything that makes Israel more secure is opposed by someone: either by its enemies and their enablers, or by its fair-weather friends in the international arena, or by dissident elements within the Jewish community—and sometimes by all three. A case in point is Israel's West Bank security barrier.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 by Rick Richman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Jerusalem has invited construction bids on 336 housing units in two communities destined to remain part of Israel. The PA's response shows why peace negotiations are nowhere in sight.The Three-Week Challenge
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 by Erica Brown | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The mourning rituals of the period leading up to Tisha b'Av (this year on August 9) are largely foreign territory to non-Orthodox Jews; but doesn't everyone know the meaning of loss?Coming of Age
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 by Adam Kirsch | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The prolific Hebrew poet Leah Goldberg, born a century ago, was also the author of a piercing novel of adolescence and romance, now released in English.