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A Two-Way Street?
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 by Jonathan D. Sarna and Jay Ruderman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

American Jews are becoming more informed about Israel; it's time for Israelis to learn more about American Jews.
Fashions in Anti-Semitism
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 by Norman Lebrecht | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The House of Dior has put its stamp on the return of anti-Semitic speech, and the equivocations of John Galliano's media apologists have further legitimized it.
How Hoffman Came to Pray
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 by D.G. Myers | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In a novel set in the months before the disintegration of Communist Eastern Europe, the Dutch writer Leon de Winter unforgettably captures the predicament of the modern Jew.
On the Trail of Eichmann
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 by Klaus Wiegrefe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Documents unknown until now show that a chief architect of the Holocaust could have been captured earlier than he was.
Bibi’s Choice
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 by Elliott Abrams | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

On the international scene, on the regional scene, and within Palestinian politics, Israel cannot be sure what it will soon face. It is time for a bold unilateral move.
Gandhi and the Jews Gandhi and the Jews
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

A new book about Mohandas Gandhi (1869–1948) has set off stormy protests in India for implying that the country's founding father was bisexual. That's only the beginning of it.
The Goldstone Mess
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 by Peter Berkowitz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Before Richard Goldstone's recent disavowals of his own Report, Desmond Tutu and others rallied to keep alive this fatally flawed document with the potential to endanger both civilians and lawful fighters.       
Mixed Welcome
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 by Tamar Jacoby | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Essential as immigration has been to American history, prevailing opinion through the centuries has been anything but warm toward newcomers.
Goldstone Regrets
Monday, April 4, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

It is hard to think of a blood libel in recent years as bald as Richard Goldstone's UN report alleging that Israel committed war crimes. His present "reconsideration" sees him almost wheedling for forgiveness.
“The Sickening Question”: God, Cancer, and Us “The Sickening Question”: God, Cancer, and Us
Monday, April 4, 2011 by Eve Levavi Feinstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Many scholars of the Bible and ancient Judaism prefer to focus exclusively on ancient texts and the world that produced them, refraining from engaging with the implications of their work for contemporary religious life. James L. Kugel has never been one of those scholars.
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