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Ladino!Thursday, January 13, 2011 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Long overshadowed by its Yiddish cousin, Ladino—the "other" modern Jewish language, also known as Judeo-Spanish—has increasingly benefited from new waves of scholarly and cultural retrieval.
Thursday, January 13, 2011 by Yaacov Lozowick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In a virtual tour, complete with photos and maps, a now-notorious site in Jerusalem is shown to be other than the "Palestinian landmark" it is claimed to be.Assisted Suicide
Thursday, January 13, 2011 by Lee Smith | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Who is hurt most when the Western press gives credence to anti-Israel propaganda?
The Persian PuzzleWednesday, January 12, 2011 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
A synagogue in today's Jerusalem bears the name "Hajji Yehezkel." Yehezkel is Ezekiel, and Hajji is the Persian term for one who has fulfilled the Islamic precept of going on pilgrimage to Mecca. Who was this Ezekiel, and how did he earn his improbable honorific?
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 by Danny Ayalon | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Now that their funding may be investigated, some NGOs in Israel appear less than willing to be judged by their own standards.A Bridge over Doubt
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 by Meir Buzaglo | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In his best-selling (Hebrew) book, Micah Goodman offers a penetrating look at Maimonides on prophecy, redemption, and commandments—and provides a welcome contrast to much academic writing on these subjects. Eichmann in Argentina
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 by David Crossland | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
West Germany could have hunted down Adolf Eichmann, the chief organizer of the Holocaust, as early as 1952, eight years before Israeli agents caught him in Buenos Aires.Blue Jew, Gray Jew
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 by Lawrence Grossman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Two recent books on American Jews during the Civil War and Reconstruction answer some questions, but leave others unanswered.Under the Tuscan Sun
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 by Amy Stone | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A small museum makes a new addition to the old Jewish ghetto of Pitigliano and to the remains of a community that first flourished in the mid-1500s.
Press Freedom, Israeli-StyleTuesday, January 11, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
If, as Walter Lippmann wrote, the newspaper is the bible of democracy, the land of the Bible is exceptionally well endowed with that precious commodity.