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Beyond BruriahWednesday, September 21, 2011 by Judith Hauptman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Contrary to a long-held scholarly belief, women in the rabbinic period did learn Torah—in their own way.Showdown, Moses
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 by Alon Ben-Meir | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An Egyptian mob ransacking Israel's embassy in Cairo, threatening the lives of the Israeli personnel inside: Is this what the revolutionaries wanted?The Land of Gas and Honey
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 by Robin M. Mills | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel's giant new natural gas find will transform the Middle East—and add more fuel to an already combustible region.Separating Church and Campaign Statements
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 by Michael Medved | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Rick Perry should learn from the Turner victory in New York that political arguments based on religious solidarity are non-starters.Her Secret
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 by Isabel Schwab | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new biography of Coco Chanel distinguishes itself by tackling the thorny subject of the designer's activities during World War II.
Rosh Hashanah with the Chief RabbiTuesday, September 20, 2011 by Lawrence Grossman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Ten years ago, the first day of Rosh Hashanah—the two-day Jewish New Year—fell on September 18. That was one week after September 11, 2001, when almost 3,000 people were killed by Muslim terrorists. On that Rosh Hashanah, rabbis did not lack for sermon topics.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 by L. Barkan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Jordan's official expressions of support for Palestinian statehood can't conceal the cooling of relations between the two sides.Suffer the Little Children
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 by Rachel Burstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Are Jewish day school graduates preoccupied with historical persecution?Second Exile
Monday, September 19, 2011 by Lucette Lagnado | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Gamal Abdel Nasser's Egypt had no room for Jews. Longing for change, and even for return, the daughter of a family who fled in 1963 sees her hopes dashed.
Settling for StatehoodMonday, September 19, 2011 by Diana Muir Appelbaum | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly has just begun. Unless a diplomatic miracle happens, that body will soon be asked to approve what amounts to a unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood. Palestinian spokesmen say they had no choice but to make their end run around serious negotiations with Israel.
