Search Results
You can also browse by author, browse by source, or view the archives.
Alfred Nobel’s Other MistakeFriday, July 20, 2012 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In a world obsessed with awards, the Nobel Prizes stand out as something special. As prizes proliferate, Nobel laureates still attain global respect in their fields and celebrity beyond, as well as, nowadays, a prize of over a million dollars.
Friday, July 20, 2012 by Yoav Limor | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Wednesday's terror attack on Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, coupled with the fear that Hizballah could obtain Syria's chemical weapons may presage a new war on Israel's northern border.Seeking VMAT2
Friday, July 20, 2012 by Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
While scientists have recently confirmed the existence of the “God particle,” the “God gene,” theorized to predispose individuals to religiosity, has proved more elusive to find. Israel’s Chinese Insurance
Friday, July 20, 2012 by Leo Rennert | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel’s planned railway will offer a detour around the Suez Canal. And if this irks the Egyptians, they will still think twice before interfering with a Chinese government project. Shabbes or Showbiz?
Friday, July 20, 2012 by Benjamin Ivry | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
“I could overcome my Jewish inhibition of making the sign of the cross on stage because, as an actor, ‘there is no facet of human nature alien to myself.’”The Radical Path
Friday, July 20, 2012 by Niv Elis | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
With Sunday marking the 66th anniversary of the Irgun’s bombing of the King David Hotel, one of the last surviving perpetrators recalls the operation—and how he claims it went awry. Switched at Birth in Gaza?
When playwright Ahmed Masoud related how he might have been switched at birth as a result of Israeli bombings, the European media lapped it up. After all, how could the story be fabricated?