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Reading and ReligionMonday, June 11, 2012 by Jeffrey Saks | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The late Ray Bradbury's dystopian vision of a world without books in Farenheit 451 shows that there is no substitute for reading as moral education—and as a route to spiritual maturity.
The Jewish Left, between History and RevelationMonday, June 11, 2012 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The association of Jews with leftist ideas and movements has been a fixture of Western politics for the past 150 years. But is the relationship logical and necessary, or is it historical and contingent?
The Six-Day War: Day SixAfter five days spent battling Arab forces, Israel now faced a new opponent: time. With the Egyptians and Jordanians out of the war, and the Syrians having agreed to a ceasefire, the Security Council was becoming restless.
The Six-Day War: Day FiveOnce Dayan decided against a limited attack in the Golan and opted instead to take the entire Heights, Israel's air force pounded the Syrians. The Syrians had supposed the Israelis to be tired and intimidated by their incessant shelling . . .
Day Four: “Attack! Attack!”Friday, June 8, 2012 by Allan Arkush | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
On June 1, 1967, when Prime Minister Levi Eshkol yielded to public pressure and turned over the portfolio of defense minister to former IDF chief of staff Moshe Dayan, the mood in Israel changed overnight.
Friday, June 8, 2012 by David Margolick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As the Israeli populace—disillusioned with grandiose peace plans, increasingly controlled by the Orthodox—has moved right, Netanyahu has been able to stay in one place: His country has come to him.Liberty and Espionage
Friday, June 8, 2012 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The indicted Haaretz reporter Uri Blau is no martyr. There is plenty of scope for journalists to ply their trade without putting themselves above the law and endangering the entire populace. Between Tradition and Modernity
Friday, June 8, 2012 by Ari L. Goldman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The same week in which the Conservative movement issued guidelines for performing same-sex marriages, it ruled against the use of computers, cell phones, and e-readers on Shabbat.Jewish is the New Black
Friday, June 8, 2012 by Peter Wood | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Identity group labels seldom work as their proponents hope—and at CUNY, some faculty members see a new taxonomy as rife with the potential to become a tool of exclusion.Dr. Seuss’s War
Friday, June 8, 2012 by Andres Jauregui | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
While best known for works like The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham, Dr. Seuss "was haunted by the war in Europe," and was a prolific political cartoonist during the 1940s. Here, a gallery.