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David Mamet’s Homecoming
A new book by the playwright, director, and author David Mamet is by definition a significant literary event—but to judge from its critical reception, The Secret Knowledge is not only a bad book but possibly an evil one. Why such heat?
JDudMonday, July 18, 2011 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
A new book by the playwright, director, and author David Mamet is by definition a significant literary event—but to judge from its critical reception, The Secret Knowledge is not only a bad book but possibly an evil one. Why such heat?
Monday, July 18, 2011 by Matthew Ackerman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Could the demise of the Jewish music promoter JDub Records, though much mourned by its fans, be a harbinger of increasing seriousness among funders? How Not to Have a Palestinian State
Monday, July 18, 2011 by José María Aznar | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Fatah-Hamas rush to declare statehood will impede the formation of civil society on the West Bank and is just another device to delegitimize the state of Israel.A Test for Arab Reformers
Monday, July 18, 2011 by Emanuele Ottolenghi | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
State-sanctioned lies about Israel and the West have a long history in the Arab world; why not open the archives at last, and let the truth spring forth?The Ghosts of Shanghai
Monday, July 18, 2011 by Dan Levin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Of the 30,000 Jews who found refuge from Hitler in the Chinese port city, only to be expelled by the Communists in 1949, little remains but tombstones, and these are hard to find.Aid for What?
Friday, July 15, 2011 by Jonathan S. Tobin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The U.S. has attempted to train a Palestinian security force only to see it become part of the problem; meanwhile, American tax dollars now flow to a Fatah-Hamas coalition.Digging the Bible’s Bad Guys
Friday, July 15, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Excavations at Goliath-the-giant's hometown of Gath are helping to paint a more nuanced portrait of the Philistines, perennial enemies of the Israelites.Never the Twain Shall Meet?
Friday, July 15, 2011 by Benjamin Resnick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In the view of an American rabbinical student, the tension between liberalism and Zionism is real, much deeper than many think, and potentially unresolvable.Café Krakow
Friday, July 15, 2011 by Ruth Ellen Gruber | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Café-crawling the former Jewish quarter of Krakow, three artists turn up some tasteful, nice hangouts—and some cringeworthy Jewish-themed kitsch.The Poet’s Poet’s Poet
Friday, July 15, 2011 by Jake Marmer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
For Louis Zukofsky, a leading force behind the Objectivist movement, Judaism was a compass to navigate worlds old and new.