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Lay Lady PreacherFriday, September 17, 2010 by Leah Berkenwald | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Ray Frank, a self-described "stout opponent" of women's rights, became the first woman in memory to speak from a synagogue pulpit, delivering an 1890 Rosh Hashanah sermon.Balfour and Beyond
Friday, September 17, 2010 by Itamar Rabinovich | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A 1917 decision, deriving as much from British geopolitical interests as from the unrelenting efforts of Chaim Weizmann, engendered historical consequences that are still unfolding.Marjorie at Fifty-Five
Friday, September 17, 2010 by Rachel Gordan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Like her creator Herman Wouk, the fictional Everygirl who happened to be Jewish was more a maverick than the bourgeois conformist she has been called.Royal Seat
Friday, September 17, 2010 by Ronen Shnidman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In his highly decorated private theater at Herodion, King Herod occupied the box of honor, now uncovered by archaeologists. Seeing Iran Plain
Thursday, September 16, 2010 by Harold Rhode | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
If we are to negotiate with Iran, or to help break the spell of its tyranny, we must first understand the country's culture, its history, and what Iranians value in their leaders. (PDF)Eat, Shave, Chant
Thursday, September 16, 2010 by Menachem Kaiser | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The strange and wonderful pilgrimage of Bratzlaver Hasidim to Uman, Ukraine. (With slide show.)No Justice, No Peace
Thursday, September 16, 2010 by John Mark Reynolds | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Until anti-Semitism is purged, and until every minority group in the Middle East enjoys the rights of religious and cultural minorities in Israel, there will be no peace.
The Best Proletarian Novel Ever WrittenThursday, September 16, 2010 by D.G. Myers | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Comparisons between the Great Depression and current economic conditions "remain relevant," says the financial columnist Robert Samuelson—"and unsettling." Economic growth for this year's second quarter was a paltry 1.6 percent; unemployment hovers above 9.5 percent; sales of existing homes have fallen to their lowest rate in more than a decade; consumers show little sign of having recovered their confidence. At such a moment, American literature must surely be ripe for a revival of the Marxist-inspired "proletarian novel."
Thursday, September 16, 2010 by Renee Ghert-Zand | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
From Montreal to Haifa, a documentary film records the search for the world's best falafel. (With video.)
Jonah and Yom KippurWednesday, September 15, 2010 by Meir Soloveichik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Read in its entirety in the synagogue in the afternoon of Yom Kippur, Jonah is the only multi-chapter book of the Bible to be so honored. Indeed, one commentator, observing that the brief Torah reading that precedes Jonah has little to do with the day, but merely continues where the morning reading left off, has suggested that this may be precisely in order to emphasize that, in a departure from the usual priorities, the haftarah, or prophetic portion, is in fact the critical text for the occasion. But what makes it so significant, and what lesson does it really teach about Yom Kippur?
