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Making a Biblical GardenThursday, March 25, 2010 by Leslie Berliant | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A springtime guide for tourists and home gardeners.
Thoroughly Modern MatzahThursday, March 25, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
When Jews the world over sit down next week to mark the birth of Jewish history, matzah will figure prominently at the table. Matzah baking is an exacting task; according to traditional law, the entire process, from first kneading to exit from the oven, must be accomplished in 18 minutes flat, with not a speck of leaven in sight. For thousands of years, these specifications and others were laboriously met by hand. Yet this most ancient food has a modern history, too. The first matzah machine was invented in 1838 in France. With rabbinic approval, the technology moved steadily eastward. The...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 by Tzofia Hirshfeld | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Discovered in Geneva: missing segments of the Jerusalem Talmud, stored centuries ago in the Cairo Genizah.What Does the Seder Celebrate?
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 by Theodor H. Gaster | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
From April 1951, a classic essay on what Passover is not about, and what it is.
Crisis?Wednesday, March 24, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
What comes to mind when you think about great moments of crisis in U.S. foreign policy? The Berlin blockade, the Cuban missile crisis, Iran's seizure of American hostages? Or, perhaps, Israel's decision to build residential housing in northeast Jerusalem? Whether current tensions with Washington do constitute a crisis, and whether yesterday's crisis talks between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu lead to a reduction or intensification of those tensions, will become apparent soon enough. But whatever the outcome, it is a fact that strains between Washington and Jerusalem have been part of the "special relationship" ever since President Harry...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 by Daniel Mandel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A strong and supple relationship, with its own history of brittle and tension-filled moments.Reenactors
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 by Dara Horn | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Like many American Southerners, Jews live in and through the past; but there are differences, too.Traveling with God
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 by Yitzchak Blau | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Abraham through the eyes of Joseph Soloveitchik.Between Israel and Azerbaijan
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 by Jason Katz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The close relationship between the Jewish state and the Muslim-majority nation is a matter of pragmatism and shared interests, also of history and shared values.
AIPACAgainst a background of sharp disagreement between Washington and Jerusalem, the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee winds down today. On Monday, the 7,500 delegates—Jews, Christians, African Americans, as well as European and Canadian activists—heard Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declare that the United States would tell Israel the "truth" when "difficult but necessary choices" had to be made. Today, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet President Barack Obama. Delegates from all 50 states planned to spend Tuesday on Capitol Hill speaking with their respective Senators and Members of Congress. But what is AIPAC, and what...