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So, Was Jesus Married After All?Monday, October 22, 2012 by Peter Berger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The excitement wanes around a sensational discovery, but the question is not so easily settled. Closing the Gaps
Monday, October 22, 2012 by Ron Gerlitz and Batya Kallus | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Over the last ten years, the Israeli government has initiated significant and innovative processes to close the gaps of inequality, advance economic development, and promote employment for its Arab population.Florida’s Jewish Question
Monday, October 22, 2012 by Shmuel Rosner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
No one knows for sure if confused Jewish voters contributed significantly to the 2000 election debacle. But there are many reasons why it won’t happen again.
Crisis in the CurriculumMonday, October 22, 2012 by Yoel Finkelman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In 1953, in a bold move, Israel passed a State Education Law. Before then, Israeli education was run by political movements and parties which used their schools not just to teach the three R's but to indoctrinate as many unsuspecting youngsters as possible.
Is Judaism a Proselytizing Religion?Friday, October 19, 2012 by Shlomo M. Brody | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
When Mitt Romney became the Republican Presidential candidate, some of the media attention focused on his experience as a Mormon missionary in France and asked, subtly or not so subtly, whether a member of a proselytizing religion could properly lead a pluralistic society.
Friday, October 19, 2012 by Peter Monaghan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In Inheriting Abraham, Bible scholar Jon D. Levenson shows that while Jews, Christians, and Muslims all consider themselves the patriarch's children, they aren't talking about the same Abraham.Kafka’s Trial
Friday, October 19, 2012 by Matthew Kalman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The author wanted them burnt and for almost 90 years they have been kept under lock and key; but thanks to an Israeli court ruling, Franz Kafka's papers will soon be open to the public.From the Front Lines
Friday, October 19, 2012 by Jonathan Spyer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"It is quite possible that the Syrian insurgents may choose to strike back at Hezbollah in Lebanon itself at some stage . . . Hezbollah and the FSA are already at war." (Interview by Michael J. Totten)Samson the Suicide Bomber?
Friday, October 19, 2012 by Neil Forsyth | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Milton's Samson Agonistes turns the strongman’s revenge against the Philistines into a holy crusade. Does that make it an act of terror?