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Urban LegendThursday, February 3, 2011 by Steven J. Zipperstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Odessa's Jews never made up more than a third of the population, but their imprint on the city was indelible.Do Israelis Speak Hebrew?
Thursday, February 3, 2011 by Norman Berdichevsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Despite the tremendous success of modern Hebrew, there is evidence, including in the growing use of English, that the language is losing some of its connections with its specifically Jewish roots.Transmission Tale
Thursday, February 3, 2011 by Fred MacDowell | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In a show of one-upmanship directed at the U.S., Stalin claimed a Russian Jewish polymath—by coincidence, the grandfather of the American musicologist Nicolas Slonimsky—as the inventor of the telegraph.
Calling David Ben-GurionThursday, February 3, 2011 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Times like these tend to remind us what a rare thing is great statesmanship. How many leaders are capable of wedding long-term vision with the nuts and bolts of politics and institutions, let alone an understanding of great historical forces with the will to shape them and the wisdom to know the will's limits?
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 by Allan Arkush | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Far from having proved a success, Jewish secularism has shown itself poorly equipped to withstand the erosions of liberal democratic societies.Either/Or
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 by Alan Brill | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Was the great Danish thinker Søren Kierkegaard a theological anti-Semite, as a controversial new book claims?Wooing Jews
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 by Sue Fishkoff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Several dozen American synagogues now offer loans, grants, and incentives to attract young families to their communities. Is this poaching, or just good marketing?
Frail Reeds?Wednesday, February 2, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Observing Egypt's current upheaval, a writer for the Hebrew daily Makor Rishon has ventured the thought that whatever happens there, and no matter who takes power, "the lesson for Israel is clear: Arab regimes cannot be trusted."
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 by Daniel Pipes | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Why Tehran is unlikely to emerge from the current turmoil as the key power broker in the Middle East.The Pragmatic Fantasy
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 by Caroline B. Glick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The overwhelming animosity of the "Arab Street" toward Israel has caused political realists to argue—wrongly—that the country's best play is to cut deals with Arab dictators.