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A Fork in J Street?Friday, March 4, 2011 by Alana Goodman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Five signs that the organization's days as a Washington lobby are over and that its future, if it has one, will be as an activist group à la Peace Now.So Far, So Good
Thursday, March 3, 2011 by Daniel Pipes | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
With exceptions, the Arab revolts have been constructive, patriotic, and open; much now depends on developments in Iran and Saudi Arabia—and within the rebel movements themselves.JewsJewsJews!
Thursday, March 3, 2011 by Jeffrey Goldberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On the latest eruption of anti-Jewish slurs and the excitement of being at the center of so many different and maniacal fantasies.The Blue & the Gray
Thursday, March 3, 2011 by Jonathan D. Sarna | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Civil War was a key episode in the evolving relationship between the Jews and America; why are today's Jews positively uninterested in exploring it?On Post-Ethnic Judaism
Thursday, March 3, 2011 by Steven M. Cohen and Jack Wertheimer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A social phenomenon celebrated by some observers spells disaster for the future of American Jewry.No Balancing Act
Thursday, March 3, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
For young athletes with a strong Jewish identity, tradition will always trump sports, even if it means losing a competition.
The Virtuoso of JudaismThursday, March 3, 2011 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Religious virtuosity comes in many forms. One of them is the ability to reconcile seeming irreconcilables, like faith and freedom, piety and intellect, revelation and science. The dream of synthesis has lured many in the past two centuries. One who seemed to live it was Joseph B. Soloveitchik.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 by Jim Lauria | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Masters at creating usable water, Israelis are also among the world's most ardent conservationists.Dirty Jokes and Wedding Jesters
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 by Sue Fishkoff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In July 1661, abusive and aggressive jokers, a fixture of Eastern European Jewish life, were exempted from a rabbinic ban on merrymaking—and modern Jewish humor was born.A Fierce Legacy
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 by Efraim Karsh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Rather than being imported into the Middle East as a byproduct of modern European imperialism, violence and oppression was long an integral part of Islamic political culture.