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X-Rated Dispute in KnessetWednesday, February 1, 2012 by Philologos | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The author feels blessed "to live in a country in which an Arab Member of Parliament can wittily abuse a Jewish colleague in a Hebrew that causes my Israeli-born daughter to convulse with hysterics." Flame War
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 by D.G. Myers | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A science fiction writer would have taken the trouble to devise a plausible explanation for the premise of his novel. Not Ben Marcus, the well-known apostle of "experimental" writing, though.B’shallah: Hands Up!
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 by David Hazony | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
The stories in this week's reading may seem disjointed, but in fact they form a single unit. A modern editor, looking for a groovy chapter title, might have called the collection, "Ancient Israel's Bipolar Moment." Or, even more flippantly, "Hands Up!"
Celebrity Politics, Israel-StyleWednesday, February 1, 2012 by Micah Stein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Just two weeks ago, the always-excitable Israeli political world was abuzz with the news of two famous new Knesset candidates. One of them was a famous son—journalist Yair Lapid, whose father, Tommy Lapid, served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice under Ariel Sharon.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 by Ben Cohen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As long as the enemies of the Jews control the meaning of the term 'anti-Semitism,' Jews will remain vulnerable to the calumny that they alone are the authors of their own misfortune.Restrictions on the Reformation
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 by Dean Phillip Bell | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Hebraism which permeated the Reformation did not necessarily translate into increased tolerance of Jews.
Bloomsbury’s RabbiTuesday, January 31, 2012 by Matthew Ackerman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
A translator stands between two languages and between the two worlds that the languages represent. If he does his job well, he may belong in neither place. Such was the fate of Samuel Koteliansky, an emigré Russian Jew who translated Chekhov, befriended D.H. Lawrence and Katherine Mansfield, and circulated on the fringes of the Bloomsbury group.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 by Guy Bechor | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Its rhetoric is as fierce as ever, but since it's been strangled in Jordan, expelled from Syria, and defunded by Iran, Hamas lacks the friends and money to match.“Subbotniks”
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 by Eli Ashkenazi | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In 1876, a community of converts left their native Russia to settle in the Galilee, forsaking their Christian past. Now their descendants are rediscovering their roots.The Mufti and the U.S. Election
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 by Rafael Medoff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A mufti calls for violence against Jews, Netanyahu demands Palestinian leaders disavow him, and America's presidential race could be affected. That could be a news report from last week. Or from 1946.
