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From Salonika to SohoFriday, January 22, 2010 by Joanna Paraszczuk | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A gritty Tel Aviv neighborhood trails a colorful history.The Bible: Rated R
Friday, January 22, 2010 by Gary A. Anderson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A scholar reviews R. Crumb's best-selling The Book of Genesis Illustrated.Have a Safe Trip, Mohammed
Friday, January 22, 2010 by Mohammed Darawshe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Supporting a Muslim member of the Knesset for joining the Israeli parliamentary delegation to Auschwitz.The Long Arm of Tehran?
Thursday, January 21, 2010 by Jonathan Spyer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An attack on visiting Israeli diplomats in Jordan bears signs of Iranian involvement.The Shame of Greece
Thursday, January 21, 2010 by Andrew Apostolou | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A society contaminated by a legacy of anti-Semitism and indifference toward anti-Semitism.A Heritage Up for Grabs?
Thursday, January 21, 2010 by David Hazony | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A mini-flap over ownership of the Dead Sea Scrolls is but a skirmish in a larger battle over who owns, and can best protect, physical evidence of the Jewish past.New Voice for Zionism
Thursday, January 21, 2010 by David Suissa | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On a rainy night, a visitor from Ein Prat electrifies an audience of 100 young Los Angeles professionals.
ShasThursday, January 21, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In a first for Israel's ultra-Orthodox parties, the Sephardi-dominated Shas party has joined the World Zionist Organization—another step on the road to becoming a fixed presence in the country's political landscape. Founded in the mid-1980's, Shas has long scrambled conventional categories. Although the party is avowedly haredi, and its leaders tend to imitate both the garb and the ideologically-mobilized politics of Ashkenazi haredim, most Shas voters conduct their lives in a non-haredi, if traditional, style. As for attitudes toward the state, Shas politicians, unlike their more squeamish Ashkenazi counterparts, serve in the Israeli cabinet and, sometimes, in the IDF. The success...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 by Anav Silverman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
No wonder the Gaza Freedom March featured so few Palestinians; in Gaza, they have no freedom.Useful Idiots
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 by David Harris | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On a student vote to twin the world-renowned London School of Economics with the Hamas-affiliated Islamic University of Gaza.