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A Life on the Yiddish StageFriday, March 18, 2011 by Itzik Gottesman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A look back at the continent-spanning career of Shifra Lerer, the recently deceased actress and comedienne. (With three-part video interview)The Origins of Purim
Friday, March 18, 2011 by Avinadav Witkun | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Why was not even one copy of the scroll of Esther found among the Dead Sea Scrolls?—and other mysteries of Purim.Because They Were Jews
Friday, March 18, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A New York memorial service for the slain members of the Fogel family was a reminder of how the Jews survive and of the fact that Israel and America are in a common struggle. (With a link to watch the service online)A Mask for Janus
Thursday, March 17, 2011 by Guy Bechor | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Yasir Arafat's two-faced game involved diplomacy on the one hand, terror on the other; Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayyad's game is more refined, and more dangerous.Witness to History
Thursday, March 17, 2011 by Martin H. Kley | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An American arrived in Berlin in 1932 intending to study German labor unions; he ended up keeping a diary of the Nazi takeover.J Street and the President
Thursday, March 17, 2011 by William Kristol | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Has Obama's favorite Middle East lobby finally dropped its "pro-Israel" mask?What’s Inside
Thursday, March 17, 2011 by Ruth Abusch-Magder | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Hidden identities are the very essence of Purim, and the holiday's foods, from hamentaschen to surprise fillings in bread and meatballs, reinforce the message.
Toward a Pluralistic Middle East?Thursday, March 17, 2011 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
As the Middle East lurches through the present confusion of civil war, revolution, and mass protest, decent people everywhere wonder about the chances of a more pluralistic and democratic order emerging. One way of measuring progress in that direction will be to track the treatment of minorities like the Berbers and the Jews.
Thursday, March 17, 2011 by Shula Kopf | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A monumental numismatic history from ancient Judea to present-day Israel has been written, in Mandarin, by the head chef at Beijing's Great Hall of the People.Are Israeli Settlers Human?
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 by Bret Stephens | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
No nation has been held to so stringent a moral account as Israel, and no people to so slight an account as the Palestinians. The murder of the Fogels demands a redressing of that imbalance.
