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Heat WaveThursday, September 13, 2012 by Diego Melamed | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Panama’s Jewish population has grown by 70 percent. There are 20 percent more children in Argentina’s Jewish pre-schools. Latin American Jewish life is booming.The Razor’s Edge
Thursday, September 13, 2012 by Dan Ephron | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
How might war between Iran and Israel begin? Former Mossad chief Ephraim Levy says the flash point could be the Iranian soldiers now in Syria helping the Assad regime. The Maestro and the Maestro
Thursday, September 13, 2012 by Jon Kalish | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Few outside the cantorial world know Yitzhak Meir Helfgot. But when famed violinist Itzhak Perlman listens to him, he gets goose bumps. Cooling the Circumcision Debate
Thursday, September 13, 2012 by Andreas Michaelis | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
There has been worry over a German court’s opinion that circumcision is bodily harm. But it has no binding force—and has been repudiated by the German government. Batter Up in Tel Aviv
Thursday, September 13, 2012 by Jason Epstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Brad Ausmus, former major league catcher, is managing Team Israel in the World Baseball Classic competition. But he has much, much bigger plans. (Interview)The Arab Minority in the Jewish State
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 by Anita Shapira | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
How can Israel reconcile the needs of a majority that isn’t used to being a majority with the needs of a minority that isn’t used to being a minority? (Video)Amos Hakham’s Song
“The love portrayed in the Song of Songs is untainted and pure. It is entirely within the bounds of that which is appropriate, permissible, and accepted”: the distinct scholarly voice of the recently deceased “most popular man in Israel.”