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Suitcases Stuffed with PoemsMonday, March 28, 2011 by Itay B. Zutra | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On a visit to the Yiddish modernist poet Yirmiye Hescheles in honor of his hundredth birthday.Liz and the Holy Land
Monday, March 28, 2011 by Nathan Burstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Elizabeth Taylor's decades-long activism on behalf of Israel began when she purchased so many Israel Bonds that her films were boycotted by Arab nations.Too Many Museums?
Friday, March 25, 2011 by Edward Rothstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Despite the proliferation of Holocaust institutions, their impact has been qualified. Los Angeles's new entry into the field is a case in point.Tainted Freedom
Friday, March 25, 2011 by Jonathan Sacks | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An anti-Israel campaign has added further evidence that British campuses have become centers of anti-Western radicalism. This time, there was a push back.The Taubes File
Friday, March 25, 2011 by Nitzan Lebovic | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Two recently translated works contribute to an understanding of Western political theology while illuminating the mind of the sick, sad, brilliant scholar who wrote them.Peace Under the Helmet
Friday, March 25, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Competing for the championship, Israel's leading football teams field a mix of Jewish and Palestinian players, and run the gamut of religious flavors. The Triangle Fire Archive
Friday, March 25, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Documentation of and cultural response to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which claimed the lives of 146 garment workers on March 25, 1911—one hundred years ago today.
The Brothers al-KuwaitiFriday, March 25, 2011 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Remember "Baghdad Bob," Saddam Hussein's information minister? During the Iraq war, as the cameras showed U.S. tanks rolling through Baghdad, he took to the airwaves to assure his fellow Iraqis that not a single enemy tank had penetrated the city's defenses. As it happens, "Bob," whose real name was Muhammad Said al-Sahhaf, was a long-time expert in manufacturing absurd lies for domestic consumption.
Friday, March 25, 2011 by Daniel Henninger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
There are three routes to Middle East stability: the fist, militant Islam, and economic modernity. The stability offered by the first two is fake.
The Turkish ModelThursday, March 24, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Considering the current upheaval in the Arab world, some optimists foresee the possibility of Islamic parties coming to power by democratic means and the consequent emergence of Turkish-style political systems. But how firm is Turkey's own commitment to democratic principles?