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Against Dwelling Apart
Thursday, August 19, 2010 by Steven Bayme | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

According to British Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, contemporary Jews have internalized a mindset of victimhood that falsifies their strengths and endangers their future.
From Hillel to Hookups
Thursday, August 19, 2010 by David Wilensky, Levi Prombaum, and Judah Gross | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Three students give a failing grade—"out of touch," "irrelevant"—to an updated guide to Jewish campus life.
Psalms for the Perplexed Psalms for the Perplexed
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Some mainstream Israeli musicians have recently been turning for material to religious texts; others have become immersed in the musical traditions of Sephardi Jewry. The two trends have come together in a new album, Mizmorei Nevukhim ("Psalms for the Perplexed"), by Kobi Oz.
Border Patrol
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 by Dore Gold | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The 1949 armistice lines were not a recognized international boundary, and they only invited Arab aggression; renaming them the "1967 borders" will not change history or bring peace.
We Do Not Need or Want This Mosque
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 by Abd al-Rahman al-Rashed | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The planned mosque at Ground Zero is bound to become "an arena for the promoters of hatred and a monument to those who committed the crime" of 9/11—and most Muslims are against it.
How Bad Was Jezebel?
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 by Janet Howe Gaines | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Every biblical word condemns her, but is there not something—much—to admire in this ancient queen?
The Conversion of David Mamet
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 by Terry Teachout | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

To explain the political evolution of America's most famous playwright from a Left-liberal to a conservative, one might begin with his earlier writings about Israel and Judaism.
The Tolerance Police
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 by Abe Greenwald | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

For some supporters of the planned mosque at Ground Zero, preaching tolerance is just another way of impugning the arguments of opponents they cannot tolerate.
A Film Unfinished
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 by Gary Goldstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

To gripping and indelible effect, a new documentary of the Holocaust incorporates never-released outtakes from a Nazi propaganda film about the Warsaw Ghetto.
Am I Helping the Boycotters?
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 by Jonathan Cristol | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Even hostile articles about the boycott/divestment/sanctions movement are claimed as victories by the anti-Israel campaign; so why am I writing this one?
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