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“Happy Holidays”Monday, December 6, 2010 by D.G. Myers | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Among its many other aspects, Hanukkah is the one holiday that enables American Jews to participate in their country's civic religion.
The Discreet Coyness of Salam FayyadFriday, December 3, 2010 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In a recent short article, Salam Fayyad, the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, has reported on his program of building the civic and economic infrastructure of a Palestinian state, a program now into its second year of creating "facts on the ground."
Friday, December 3, 2010 by Howie Mischel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
One of the oldest synagogues ever found in Israel lies in what is thought to be the place where the Maccabee resistance began; but the site remains abandoned, unmarked, and unpreserved.The Accidental Spy
Friday, December 3, 2010 by Ronald Radosh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
What motivated Harry Gold, a man far from being a Communist sympathizer, to assist in espionage that enabled the Soviets to build an atomic bomb?Why Dreidel? Why Gelt?
Friday, December 3, 2010 by Dan Rabinowitz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
What are the sourcesJews and Money
Friday, December 3, 2010 by Jerome Chanes | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Two books on an old canard; or, why money may not be the root of all evil, but is the root of some.Why Menorahs?
Friday, December 3, 2010 by Richard McBee | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
From 40 B.C.E. to the Knesset, the long history of an artistic symbol.Living Wills for Synagogues
Friday, December 3, 2010 by Jane L. Levere | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A matchmaking effort pairs philanthropists in places that boast thriving Jewish populations with small-town Jewish communities facing demise.My New Language
Thursday, December 2, 2010 by Julie Burchill | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"Hebrew is difficult, beautiful, [and] rebellious, and I can't imagine a time when I won't want to keep going back to the land where they speak it—no matter how rude they are."Democracy by Numbers
Thursday, December 2, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
According to the latest annual findings, Israel's democracy fares poorly in social harmony, scores low in political stability, but otherwise ranks with or near the world's established democracies.