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Mao’s Jewish LieutenantFriday, January 18, 2013 by Jonathan Margolis | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Revered in China as a communist founder, Sidney Rittenberg rose to be a Red Guard leader in the Cultural Revolution, in which millions died. Now he is a successful businessman in Arizona.

Thursday, January 17, 2013 by Moshe Sokolow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Archeology has become a full-fledged battlefield in the dispute over who has the superior claim to Jerusalem: Jews or Muslims.
Thursday, January 17, 2013 by Evelyn Gordon | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
While Netanyahu looks certain to lead Israel's next government, he favors a new coalition with the center-Left. But that prospect may hinge on the electoral success of Am Shalem. The Wrong Sort of Austrian
Thursday, January 17, 2013 by Austin Petersen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Ron Paul's accolytes idealize liberty, and treat Jewish economists, like Ludwig von Mises and Murray Rothbard, as figureheads. So, what attracts neo-Nazis to his cause?Losing Faith In America
Thursday, January 17, 2013 by Peter Schotten | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"Religion, society’s bedrock, is slowly but surely being eroded by the popular culture the Founders hoped it would support."Lions of Israel
65 years ago this month, 35 Haganah soldiers died trying to bring supplies to kibbutzim in the besieged Etzion Bloc. A new documentary tells their story from eyewitness accounts. (Video)In Hemingway’s Shadow
Thursday, January 17, 2013 by Heather McRobie | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Although recently overshadowed by her husband, Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn was an esteemed writer in her own right—and an important Holocaust novelist.