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Harsh Judgment, Soft JudgmentWednesday, September 8, 2010 by Naomi Grunhaus | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On the first day of Rosh Hashanah, we are judged as individuals; on the second day, as part of a group.Access
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Yad Vashem has been given access to Poland's World War II-era archives, including files produced by Nazi authorities that will aid in identifying Holocaust victims.A Good Nation is Hard to Find
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 by Sam Siegel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new critique of chosenness ignores all the ways in which two nations that claim exceptionalismRededication
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 by Jonah Mandel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The reopening of the
A Tale of Two LobbiesWednesday, September 8, 2010 by Ruth R. Wisse | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The problem of the Arab-Israel conflict begins with the term itself, which misrepresents the unilateral Arab war against Israel as a bilateral dispute. Unilateral aggression is not unheard of—when did Poland ever aggress against Germany or Russia?—but nothing in United Nations history compares in intensity or fixity with Arab belligerence toward Israel, a UN member state.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 by Emanuele Ottolenghi | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Avigdor Lieberman's call for Israel to disengage fully from Gaza has thrown Arab and European parties into a panic. A sign that the idea deserves serious consideration?A Synagogue Reborn
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In Mainz, Germany, a synagogue destroyed during Kristallnacht in November 1938 has been rebuilt and now rededicated.Focus on Yemen
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 by Aymenn Jawad | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The situation in Yemen, scene of a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran, is of far greater consequence than the Israel-Palestinian conflict, and requires urgent attention.
CreationsTuesday, September 7, 2010 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the year, marks the creation of the world. Or does it? The Torah refers to Rosh Hashanah, although not by that name, as the first day of "the seventh month" (Leviticus 23:24)—the seventh, that is, if you're counting from Nisan, the month of Passover. That month is designated as the beginning of the year in the first act of the Exodus: "This month will mark for you the first of the months; it will be, for you, the first month of the year" (Exodus 12:2). Like revolutionaries everywhere, the Israelites wanted a new calendar.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 by ToldotYisrael | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Six men who flouted a 1930 British law and blew the shofar at the Western Wall tell their story. (Video)
