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Master Narratives
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 by Moshe Rosman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Distilling generations of Jewish historical writing, a scholar locates what has endured—and why—and enjoins his peers to produce work that will itself endure.
Gandhi and the Jews Gandhi and the Jews
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

A new book about Mohandas Gandhi (1869–1948) has set off stormy protests in India for implying that the country's founding father was bisexual. That's only the beginning of it.
The Goldstone Mess
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 by Peter Berkowitz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Before Richard Goldstone's recent disavowals of his own Report, Desmond Tutu and others rallied to keep alive this fatally flawed document with the potential to endanger both civilians and lawful fighters.       
Mixed Welcome
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 by Tamar Jacoby | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Essential as immigration has been to American history, prevailing opinion through the centuries has been anything but warm toward newcomers.
Fashions in Anti-Semitism
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 by Norman Lebrecht | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The House of Dior has put its stamp on the return of anti-Semitic speech, and the equivocations of John Galliano's media apologists have further legitimized it.
How Hoffman Came to Pray
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 by D.G. Myers | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In a novel set in the months before the disintegration of Communist Eastern Europe, the Dutch writer Leon de Winter unforgettably captures the predicament of the modern Jew.
On the Trail of Eichmann
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 by Klaus Wiegrefe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Documents unknown until now show that a chief architect of the Holocaust could have been captured earlier than he was.
Bibi’s Choice
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 by Elliott Abrams | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

On the international scene, on the regional scene, and within Palestinian politics, Israel cannot be sure what it will soon face. It is time for a bold unilateral move.
The Last Folio
Monday, April 4, 2011 by Stephanie Butnick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

On a trip to interview Holocaust survivors, a photographer uncovered prayer books untouched since the deportation of Slovakia's Jews to concentration camps. (With slideshow)
Beta Country
Monday, April 4, 2011 by Saul Singer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The co-author of Start-Up Nation delineates the qualities that underlie Israelis' phenomenal capacity for innovation. (Interview by David Horovitz)    
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