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Touched by a Jewish AngelThursday, July 7, 2011 by Peter Manseau | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Christian themes typify the work of the late actor Michael Landon (Highway to Heaven); sometimes, though, a Jewish sensibility bursts forth.The Myth of Israeli Competitiveness
Thursday, July 7, 2011 by Yagil Weinberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Despite its few successes, Israel's economy is severely hobbled by inefficiency, low productivity, and the stranglehold of private/public monopolies. Time for a revolution?The King’s Talmud
Thursday, July 7, 2011 by Geoffrey Clarfield | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Why Henry VIII needed to consult the Talmud, and what happened to the multi-volume edition he imported to England.
What is Aggadah, and How to Read ItThursday, July 7, 2011 by Elli Fischer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Although the Talmud is best known for its discourse on religious law, its pages contain a vast amount of non-legal material, including ethical teachings, interpretations of biblical narratives (midrash), and excurses on topics from brain surgery to dream interpretation.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 by John Lalor | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An Irishman wonders how, given his country's appalling moral obtuseness, Israelis can love it as much as they do.Palin’s Pals
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 by Benyamin Korn | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In conservative "new media," an ethnically diverse and intellectually powerful vehicle for pro-American and pro-Israel voices, Jews have become increasingly prominent.Message from the Emperor
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 by Mark Harman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A vignette by Franz Kafka, first published in a Prague Zionist journal in 1919, tells a Chinese tale as an allegory of messianic longings.
Getting Birthright WrongWednesday, July 6, 2011 by Philip Getz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In mid-June, The Nation magazine, which for decades has provided a special platform for Jewish critics of Zionism, published an article by a young alumna of Birthright Israel, the organization that since 1999 has sent 260,000 young Diaspora Jews (including this writer) on free ten-day tours of the Holy Land.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 by Ralph Gardner, and Jr. | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On the trail with the "adventure rabbi," seeking the divine in the great outdoors.Studying the Dead Sea Scrolls
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 by Jean Duhaime | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In a collection of essays, scholars consider and reconsider their methods of understanding the ancient manuscripts and the world in which they were composed.