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An Audience with AhmadinejadThursday, September 27, 2012 by David Remnick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
“Fundamentally, we do not take seriously the threats of the Zionists.”Prisoners of Yom Kippur
Thursday, September 27, 2012 by Mitch Ginsburg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Shot down over Damascus on the second day of the Yom Kippur War, Ori Shahak was captured and tortured in Syria; every Yom Kippur takes him back there. By the Sweat of Thy Brow
Thursday, September 27, 2012 by Paul Foer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Based in the hills of north-west Connecticut, the Adamah Jewish Environmental Fellowship aims to bring Jews closer to the land and their Creator—by making pickles. Hamas: Now Even More Radical
Thursday, September 27, 2012 by Zvika Krieger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
While the leader of Hamas is hardly a friend of Israel, his forthcoming resignation presages an even more hard-line stance from the government of Gaza. The Problem with the Peace Process
Thursday, September 27, 2012 by Richard Landes | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
“Overestimating the power of politics and dramatically underestimating the importance of culture has actually hindered the possibility for a political solution.”
The Jewish Vote, 2012
The Jewish vote, once pivotal in American politics, is still important, though not as much as it was seven decades ago. Back in the 1940s, Jews cast four percent of the votes in America, twice the percentage they do today. And they cast a much larger share in the state of New York.
Ha’azinu: NobodaddyThursday, September 27, 2012 by Michael Barone | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The Jewish vote, once pivotal in American politics, is still important, though not as much as it was seven decades ago. Back in the 1940s, Jews cast four percent of the votes in America, twice the percentage they do today. And they cast a much larger share in the state of New York.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 by Torah Talk with Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
So you're worshipping an un-god? Then God will get Himself an un-people. (But what is that?) (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:11:10A Meaningful Fast
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 by Avi S. Olitzky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Our Yom Kippur fast is nothing compared to what some of our ancestors, ancient and modern, devised for themselves.“More Loathsome”
The Palestinian Authority’s newspaper routinely compares Zionism to Nazism, while at the same time denying the Holocaust—all thanks to funding from the U.S. and the EU.