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Jewish Democrats and ObamaTuesday, July 5, 2011 by Jonathan S. Tobin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In the 2012 election, a 20-percent swing away from the President in the Jewish vote could make a big difference in key states like Pennsylvania and Florida.Fallout from YIISA
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 by Ron Rosenbaum | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Thanks in part to complicity by Jewish faculty in Yale's shameful decision, the frank discussion of anti-Semitism is becoming verboten on American campuses. See also: Why are Liberals Silent?I Was a Teenage Zionist
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 by Gil Student | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Two teenage attendees of the same Zionist summer camp came away with radically different impressions and, as adults, have ended up in virtually opposite places. Music is My Religion
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 by Lea Penn | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Ravid Kahalani's eclectic style and soulful singing in Hebrew, Arabic, and sometimes Creole are helping to make his band Yemen Blues an international sensation.
Capital Crime. Capital Punishment?Tuesday, July 5, 2011 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Since its founding, the only person ever to be executed by the state of Israel has been the notorious Nazi, Adolf Eichmann. But the brutal murders of Udi and Ruth Fogel and three of their young children this past March has the IDF weighing the possibility of seeking the death penalty for the Fogels' murderers.
Where Have All the Volunteers Gone?Friday, July 1, 2011 by Leslie Lenkowsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In the 1990's, the Harvard social scientist Robert D. Putnam triggered national hand-wringing over his book Bowling Alone, which showed plummeting rates of voluntary and charitable activities among Americans, a people known since de Tocqueville's day as the world's most public-minded citizenry.
Where Have All the Volunteers Gone?Friday, July 1, 2011 by Leslie Lenkowsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In the 1990's, the Harvard social scientist Robert D. Putnam triggered national hand-wringing over his book Bowling Alone, which showed plummeting rates of voluntary and charitable activities among Americans, a people known since de Tocqueville's day as the world's most public-minded citizenry.
Friday, July 1, 2011 by Ehud Rosen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In front are the do-gooders; behind the scenes is a "red-green" alliance of far-Left, anti-Israel Westerners and radical Islamists who know exactly what they're doing.Excusing the Inexcusable
Friday, July 1, 2011 by Michael Pinto-Duschinsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
German foundations tainted by associations with the Holocaust have in turn tainted with their money the work of reputable European historians.Minority Report
Friday, July 1, 2011 by Lee Smith | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Were it not for Israel, the Jews of the Middle East would be as fearful, vulnerable and oppressed by the Sunni majority as every other religious minority in the region.