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Hasidism Spoken HereTuesday, August 10, 2010 by Deborah Solomon | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Yehuda Krinsky, the Chabad leader named by Newsweek as America's most influential rabbi, answers questions about the Rebbe, Bob Dylan, Mayor Bloomberg, e-mail, and more.Cantors, Klezmorim, and Crooners
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 by Nat Hentoff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A wide-ranging compilation of Jewish soul music from the first half of the 20th century has been skillfully re-mastered and released in a 3-CD set. (With audio clips.)He Stayed Behind
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 by Ofer Aderet | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Born in Nuremberg, Germany in 1923, escaping to Palestine in 1939, returning after the war to find his parents still alive, Arno Hamburger remained by their side until their deaths; at eighty-seven, he heads the city's Jewish community.Is the Enemy of My Enemy My Friend?
Monday, August 9, 2010 by Elliott Abrams | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Not necessarily—but, facing the threat of a nuclear Iran, some Arab nations are quietly recalibrating their policy toward Israel.Beware the Spiritual Splitters
Monday, August 9, 2010 by Angela Epstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In England, the recent increase in "alternative" services catering to specific tastes and sub-groups is dramatically depleting once-thriving synagogues.
The Stranger Among YouMonday, August 9, 2010 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Last week the Israeli cabinet granted status to 800 children of guest workers while, pending appeal, ordering the deportation of 400 others. In the ensuing public reaction, some thought the measure too severe, others too generous. No surprise there: as Western Europeans and Americans well know, the problem of migrant labor is by no means unique to Israel. But each situation has arisen out of specific constellations of history, policy, and circumstance—and, in Israel, an added dimension is the complex relationship among the longstanding societal values of work, solidarity, and Zionism.
Monday, August 9, 2010 by Farid Ghadry | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On the planned mosque at Ground Zero: freedom of religion is a wonderful thing, but what if the religion acts like a conquering army? A Syrian expatriate's warning.Out Boise Way
Monday, August 9, 2010 by Heidi Naylor | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In Caldwell, Idaho, a college with fewer than 1,000 students is raising funds to honor a beloved professor by establishing a chair in Jewish studies.As Darkness Falls
Monday, August 9, 2010 by Francine Prose | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Two Dutch novels of the Holocaust, published in 1947 and 1962 and only now available in English, are revelations: subtle and penetrating studies of the human heart, and literary masterworks.
Kabbalah and its DiscontentsFriday, August 6, 2010 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Aside from a small circle of students and admirers, Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag was an unknown figure at his death in 1954. Today, religious schools and New Age "educational centers" around the world are actively spreading his ideas, and his writings are being analyzed by professors and graduate students. After spending an hour in the rabbi's stone mausoleum, the pop-diva Madonna emerged with tears in her eyes. Who was this person to whom scores of pious (and impious) Jews and non-Jews are turning for inspiration?
