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Reading and ReligionMonday, June 11, 2012 by Jeffrey Saks | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The late Ray Bradbury's dystopian vision of a world without books in Farenheit 451 shows that there is no substitute for reading as moral education—and as a route to spiritual maturity.
The Jewish Left, between History and RevelationMonday, June 11, 2012 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The association of Jews with leftist ideas and movements has been a fixture of Western politics for the past 150 years. But is the relationship logical and necessary, or is it historical and contingent?
Monday, June 11, 2012 by Alan Jacobs | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Although the challenges posed by the Internet are serious, Jews have long disputed how to deal with new technology—and faced similar dilemmas with the printing press.A Stanza of One’s Own
Monday, June 11, 2012 by Renee Levine | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In the nineteenth century, visitors began to appear in Trieste, Italy, to ascertain whether or not a woman was in fact producing the Hebrew verses published under the name "Rachel Morpurgo."The Benefactors of Breslau
Monday, June 11, 2012 by Malgorzata Stolarska-Fronia | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new book cataloging Jewish welfare institutions in Breslau, Germany (now Poland) shows how philanthropy was central to the cultural exchange that followed the Emancipation.Soccer in the Shoah
Monday, June 11, 2012 by Shira Rubin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Before Euro 2012 began in Poland and Ukraine, the national soccer teams visited the concentration camps. But few know that soccer was one of the limited leisure activities permitted to the inmates.
The Six-Day War: Day SixAfter five days spent battling Arab forces, Israel now faced a new opponent: time. With the Egyptians and Jordanians out of the war, and the Syrians having agreed to a ceasefire, the Security Council was becoming restless.
The Six-Day War: Day FiveOnce Dayan decided against a limited attack in the Golan and opted instead to take the entire Heights, Israel's air force pounded the Syrians. The Syrians had supposed the Israelis to be tired and intimidated by their incessant shelling . . .
Friday, June 8, 2012 by David Margolick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As the Israeli populace—disillusioned with grandiose peace plans, increasingly controlled by the Orthodox—has moved right, Netanyahu has been able to stay in one place: His country has come to him.Liberty and Espionage
Friday, June 8, 2012 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The indicted Haaretz reporter Uri Blau is no martyr. There is plenty of scope for journalists to ply their trade without putting themselves above the law and endangering the entire populace.
