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Israel’s Shifting Demographics
Monday, October 22, 2012 by Yoram Ettinger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Israel's Jewish population surges and fertility rates across the Arab world collapse.  It seems Jews won't become a minority between the Jordan and the Mediterranean anytime soon. 
Mossad’s Greatest Hits
Monday, October 22, 2012 by Larry Getlen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

From the capture of Adolf Eichmann to Ehud Barak's undercover cross-dressing, a new book lays bare the greatest missions of the Israeli secret service. 
So, Was Jesus Married After All?
Monday, October 22, 2012 by Peter Berger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The excitement wanes around a sensational discovery, but the question is not so easily settled. 
Closing the Gaps
Monday, October 22, 2012 by Ron Gerlitz and Batya Kallus | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Over the last ten years, the Israeli government has initiated significant and innovative processes to close the gaps of inequality, advance economic development, and promote employment for its Arab population.
Florida’s Jewish Question
Monday, October 22, 2012 by Shmuel Rosner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

No one knows for sure if confused Jewish voters contributed significantly to the 2000 election debacle.  But there are many reasons why it won’t happen again.
Crisis in the Curriculum Crisis in the Curriculum
Monday, October 22, 2012 by Yoel Finkelman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

In 1953, in a bold move, Israel passed a State Education Law.  Before then, Israeli education was run by political movements and parties which used their schools not just to teach the three R's but to indoctrinate as many unsuspecting youngsters as possible.
Is Judaism a Proselytizing Religion? Is Judaism a Proselytizing Religion?
Friday, October 19, 2012 by Shlomo M. Brody | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

When Mitt Romney became the Republican Presidential candidate, some of the media attention focused on his experience as a Mormon  missionary in France and asked, subtly or not so subtly, whether a member of a proselytizing religion could properly lead a pluralistic society.
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