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Who am I?Monday, October 10, 2011 by Saul Bellow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In a 1988 talk, Saul Bellow ponders in what order he is a writer, an American, and a Jew—and why.The Failure of the Arab Spring
Monday, October 10, 2011 by Martin Peretz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
This year's uprisings have not brought and for the foreseeable future are unlikely to bring democracy to the Arab world.Small Victory
Monday, October 10, 2011 by Anshel Pfeffer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
By ostentatiously listing himself as "without religion," the novelist Yoram Kaniuk has confirmed the failure of secular Israelis to provide an alternative vision of Judaism.Her Price is Far Above . . . .
Monday, October 10, 2011 by Philologos | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The King James Version puts the price of a virtuous woman above "rubies"; others say "pearls" or "corals." Who is right?
Muslims and Jews in AmericaMonday, October 10, 2011 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Consider these two questions: During the past ten years, approximately 170 American Muslims have been arrested for plotting terror attacks against Jews or materially aiding other terrorists.
Friday, October 7, 2011 by Alan Mintz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Haim Be'er's masterful new novel does something unique in Israeli literature: it examines the inner life of an ultra-Orthodox rabbi.Let Us Now Praise Muslim Feminists
Friday, October 7, 2011 by Phyllis Chesler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
One Jewish woman celebrates the 19th- and early-20th-century Muslims who emerged from sex slavery to fight for universal human rights.Israel Alone
Friday, October 7, 2011 by Lee Smith | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Why is Washington running away from its influence in the Middle East?
All These VowsFriday, October 7, 2011 by Lawrence Grossman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
No one knows for sure how Kol Nidrei originated. It is by far the best-known Yom Kippur prayer, but in fact it is neither a prayer nor actually recited on Yom Kippur. Rabbis have never liked it.
Friday, October 7, 2011 by Shai Secunda | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Unfolding beyond the crush of defeat, the Talmud's vigorous spirit of inquiry represents a great, resilient optimism.