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The Resilience of Arab MonarchyMonday, June 25, 2012 by Ludger Kühnhardt | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
How can one explain the almost paradoxical phenomenon that hereditary monarchies have emerged relatively undisturbed from the Arab Spring? Halakhic Spring
Monday, June 25, 2012 by Alex Israel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The backlash from Orthodox Jews against kashrut authorities in Jerusalem is a microcosm of a global phenomenon, whereby educated laymen are gaining the confidence to subvert rabbinic authority.
Parsis and Jews, Exile and ReturnMonday, June 25, 2012 by Shai Secunda | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
At the turn of the 16th century, the Portuguese discovered an eastern passage to India that afforded them easy access to well-priced goods and to India’s natural wonders and human curiosities—and they encountered a community, exiled hundreds of years earlier, that many mistook for Jews.
Friday, June 22, 2012 by Bruce Kesler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In campus atmospheres often hostile to Israel, it's understandable that Jewish Studies departments would be defensive. But they must do more to justify themselves and to fulfill their mission.Soviet Spring
Friday, June 22, 2012 by Claire Berlinski | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new book claims that Soviet interference in the Middle East has had far greater impact than is generally acknowledged—stretching to the current collapse of its former client states.Tomb Raiders
Friday, June 22, 2012 by Matti Friedman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
With its tunnels dating from the Jewish revolts against Rome, the area around Modi'in has become a magnet for archeologists—not to mention looters searching for buried treasure.Crime and (Eternal) Punishment
Friday, June 22, 2012 by George Dvorsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Research shows that genuine belief in a punitive God is an effective deterrent to crime
