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An Unstill LifeMonday, April 18, 2011 by Joel Schechter | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Charlotte Salomon worked feverishly on gouaches that bear witness to her own inner turmoil and to the mounting German horror that eventually claimed her life. (With slideshow)Revolutions and Democracy
Friday, April 15, 2011 by Shlomo Avineri, Amr Bargisi, Eva Bellin, Daniel Kurtzer, Menahem Milson, Itamar Rabinovich, and Michael Walzer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On the causes and implications of recent events in the Middle East: A Symposium.The History of Horseradish
Friday, April 15, 2011 by Arthur Schaffer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Tracing the ritual use of horseradish at the seder, a botanist finds that it parallels the travels and migrations of the Jewish people. (PDF, 1981)The Israeli Jew and the Universal Jew
Friday, April 15, 2011 by Jerome Chanes | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Two new books address the dilemma of Jewish identity in the modern era, one through the lens of history, the other through the lens of literature.Why is This Sabbath Different from All Other Sabbaths?
Friday, April 15, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Some theories on why the Sabbath before Passover is referred to as "The Great Sabbath."With the Rav in New York
Friday, April 15, 2011 by Shlomo Riskin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
If study with Joseph B. Soloveitchik was an exercise in intellectual rigor, his formidable personal example offered an education in moral and intellectual honesty.The Grape for Millions
Friday, April 15, 2011 by Yoni Appelbaum | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Cheap, abundant, and local, the Concord grape proved useful to Jewish immigrants in America seeking an alternative to raisin wine.
Passover & the Repudiation of IdolatryFriday, April 15, 2011 by Moshe Sokolow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Asking questions is a trademark of the Passover seder. Prior to it, we can ask another question—this one having to do with a passage in the Haggadah about the second of the four sons.
Thursday, April 14, 2011 by Michael Pitkowsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Repeated by many and rarely doubted, a claim about Jesus' last meal may well be incorrect.
A New Germany?Thursday, April 14, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
At a joint press conference in Berlin on April 7, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the atmosphere of mutual trust and friendship in which their just-concluded talks had taken place. Germany, he averred, was "a great friend" of Israel. Yet any sober assessment of the Germany-Israel relationship would have to come to a different conclusion.
