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We Were the FutureThursday, June 2, 2011 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Few uniquely Israeli institutions have ever held the world's imagination like the kibbutz: a radical Jewish experiment in communal living, social justice, economic egalitarianism, and the reorganization of family life. Indeed, perhaps the most radical innovation of all was the "children's house" (beit y'ladim).
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 by Claudia Rosett | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As the anti-Israel season heats up, another people in the eastern Mediterranean—the Syrians—are in desperate need of "freedom activists." Or is freedom not what the flotillas are about?Earthly Jerusalem
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 by Matti Friedman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Far beneath the bustling streets of old Jerusalem lies an ancient—a very ancient—Jewish city.
The Jewish Way in WarWednesday, June 1, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
How can democracies, acting under the conventions of international law, defeat Islamist terrorists operating by their own benighted rules? How, especially when UN member-states are prepared to enable terrorists by perverting the rules of war and human rights?
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Formally launching this week is a website featuring more than 100 recordings and more than 300 articles devoted to Jewish music composed and performed during the Holocaust.Toward the Multiplex Shul
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 by Reuven Spolter | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
More and more congregants prefer to pray in more intimate surroundings and for shorter periods of time; herewith, a modest proposal for their (increasingly abandoned) rabbis.The Third Man
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 by Elliott Abrams | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Missing from the Netanyahu-Obama drama in Washington was Mahmoud Abbas, the man who really torpedoed the peace process.Two Sisters
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 by Daniel Johnson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Comparing Jacqueline and Gillian Rose, the former a vociferous and overrated campaigner against Israel, the latter a formidable and underrated figure in Jewish and Christian thought.Holding Firm
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 by Alana Goodman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
When it comes to Israel, the "progressive" Left is increasingly out of sync with American attitudes—and, in the main, with the attitudes of the Jewish community. Teiku
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 by Gil Student | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In matters of faith, we must often acknowledge that, in company with some of the greatest rabbis, we do not have answers. (Others beg to differ.)
