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The Truth GameMonday, December 19, 2011 by Efraim Karsh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The discovery of a key historical document lays to rest one of the longest running debates on the 1948 war. So why has Haaretz tried to distort its contents and suppress it?The Meaning of Hanukkah
Monday, December 19, 2011 by Jon D. Levenson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In some ways, Christians preserved the story of Hanukkah better than the Jews did.What’s Under the Bridge
Monday, December 19, 2011 by Shmuel Rosner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The bureaucratic brouhaha over the unsound Mughrabi bridge was really about the attempt by some Muslim leaders to deny Jewish ties to the Temple Mount.Neither/Nor
Monday, December 19, 2011 by M.G. Piety | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
One Danish writer's idiosyncratic understanding of what constitutes anti-Semitism has yielded a bizarre apologia for Kierkegaard and Luther.Geoffrey Hartman’s Jewish Turn
Monday, December 19, 2011 by Andrew Bush | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The scholar's aim is not to tear down the temple of the Western academy, but to build a third, distinctively Jewish pillar within it. Its name is midrash.
OrthosexualityMonday, December 19, 2011 by Elli Fischer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The Talmud tells a story about one Rabbi Kahana who hid under the bed of his master, Rabbi Abba (better known as Rav), as the latter was having sex with his wife. Kahana, shocked at the type of frivolous language used by his mentor, commented that Rav was behaving ravenously.
Friday, December 16, 2011 by Gloria DeVidas Kirchheimer, Tamar Yellin, Elisa Albert, and Erika Dreifus | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In this collection of brand-new stories, a bookish schoolboy finds a streak of defiance, a young woman learns new joy, and a few desperate men take comfort in a quiet ceremony. (Audio)
The Trouble with HitchensFriday, December 16, 2011 by Benjamin Kerstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
When Christopher Hitchens passed away yesterday at the age of 62, the encomia started pouring in almost immediately. Most of this praise is deserved, as the acumen of Hitchens's muscular criticism and the wit of his ripostes will be with us for a long time to come.
Friday, December 16, 2011 by Adam Chandler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Hebrew Union College prides itself on being open and pluralistic. But some Reform rabbinical students say the reality contradicts this vision—particularly on the matter of Israel.Sufferance, Statesmanship, and anti-Semitism
Friday, December 16, 2011 by David Turner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
From Columbus's shipmates to Henry Ford, a survey of five centuries of political anti-Semitism in the United States.
