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The Broken MatzahTuesday, March 23, 2010 by Nathan Laufer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On the meanings contained in a powerful seder ritual.Glorious Bastard?
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 by Jack Silverman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In Nashville, opinions differ widely on a gun dealer and uninhibited political blogger who also happens to be Oxford-educated and Orthodox.Thorn in the PA’s Side
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 by Karin Laub and Dalia Nammari | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The odyssey of a former Palestinian intelligence agent turned anti-corruption campaigner.
Milton SteinbergA different sort of book launch took place yesterday at New York's Park Avenue Synagogue, a flagship of the Conservative movement. Being celebrated was the release of a long-lost novel left unfinished at the time of the author's death 60 years ago. The author was Milton Steinberg, who once served as the synagogue's rabbi and was among the most influential American Jews of the 20th century. Steinberg's early thought was molded by three teachers. At City College, the philosopher Morris Raphael Cohen imbued in him a commitment to philosophical rationalism. Rabbi Jacob Kohn taught him that the life of the...
Monday, March 22, 2010 by Musa Keilani | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A large defection of armed Palestinians to Hizballah and al-Qaeda has ominous implications for moderates in the region, above all Jordan.To Serve My People
Monday, March 22, 2010 by Richard McBee | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On the life and art of Arthur Szyk and his Haggadah. A second part is here.Heidegger’s Tragedy
Monday, March 22, 2010 by Michael Wyschogrod | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A philosopher of high quality was incarnated in the body of a Nazi.Mobility and Identity
Monday, March 22, 2010 by Alana Sobelman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In the post-Zionist age, says the researcher Sander Gilman, Israelis are becoming just one of many Diaspora communities.
Feast Your EyesFriday, March 19, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Early next week, an extraordinary private collection will go on display at New York's Yeshiva University Museum, before heading off in the fall to the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The Braginsky Collection of illuminated manuscripts, ketubot, megillot, and printed volumes is not only visually ravishing but deeply instructive. The exhibit's many items created in Central Europe in the 15th-19th centuries demonstrate a vibrant visual culture in communities seldom thought of as hotbeds of cultural openness and artistic energy. They are complemented by beautiful objects produced by Sephardic communities from Amsterdam to India, and from Livorno, Italy, a major center of Jewish...
Friday, March 19, 2010 by Judith Miller | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In a development inimical to Israel, Saudi Arabia appears more worried about the threat to itself from Iran's proxies than about an Iranian nuclear bomb.
