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An Old Hatred ReturnsFriday, September 2, 2011 by Christopher Caldwell | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The demon of anti-Semitism has managed to reenter European life through the back door, in the name not of racism but of anti-racism.9/11 and the Agunah Problem
Friday, September 2, 2011 by Michael J. Broyde and Yona Reiss | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the forensic challenge of identifying the dead went hand in hand, for Jewish families, with the grim quandary of dissolving marriages according to Jewish law. The Death of “Land for Peace”
Friday, September 2, 2011 by Guy Bechor | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"Land for peace" was never an even trade. With Egypt poised to remilitarize the Sinai, it's clear that it was ineffective, too.Is Judaism a Religion?
Thursday, September 1, 2011 by Leora Batnitzky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A common assumption is that Judaism began as a religion and only gradually grew into something more broad. But this has it exactly backward.
Retrieving American Jewish Fiction
The Jewish "boom" in American writing in the 60's was ignited by Bellow, Roth, and Malamud—reeled off in that order as if they were a firm of Jewish accountants. The roots of American Jewish literature go much further back, though.
Gaza’s Terrorist RegimeThursday, September 1, 2011 by D.G. Myers | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The Jewish "boom" in American writing in the 60's was ignited by Bellow, Roth, and Malamud—reeled off in that order as if they were a firm of Jewish accountants. The roots of American Jewish literature go much further back, though.
Thursday, September 1, 2011 by Evelyn Gordon | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Given the new security risks from Egypt, Israel must eliminate the Gaza terror threat once and for all.The Obama Effect
Thursday, September 1, 2011 by Abraham Katsman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Why U.S. Jews are favoring non-Jewish Republican candidates with pro-Israel postions over Jewish Democrats.Tunnel Vision
Thursday, September 1, 2011 by Ari Rabinovitch | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel's subterranean caves, dug for use in guerrilla warfare against the Romans, now offer an exciting tourist experience to the adventurous.The Unappeasable Man
Thursday, September 1, 2011 by Joseph Epstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The frankness of literary critic Alfred Kazin's journals ends not in originality but in revelations that are demeaning, even creepy.The State of Anti-Israel
Thursday, September 1, 2011 by David Warren | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
If the UN grants Palestinian statehood, it will be in reward for the Palestinians' consistent refusal to negotiate in good faith.