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Reacting to ModernityFriday, February 24, 2012 by Alan Brill | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The scholar Jon Levenson invites us to think about how traditional thinkers set up part of their thought as authentic, traditional, organic, and set up other parts as "modern."Alawites Press On
Friday, February 24, 2012 by Daniel Brodie | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The resilience of the Alawite religious sect is predicated on the dark knowledge of what happens to minorities in the Middle East.
Evil GeniusThursday, February 23, 2012 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Very little anti-Semitic literature is new; most of its tropes seem ageless, continually recombined and updated by haters reacting only dimly to their actual circumstances. Few anti-Semitic works exhibit literary or lesser, sociological gifts. The one exception is The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
Thursday, February 23, 2012 by Mitch Ginsburg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Avraham Stern was reviled by Jews in Mandate Palestine, appalled at his proposed deal with the Nazis. But seventy years after he was killed by British soldiers, young Israelis are coming to revere him.Iran’s Anti-Western Consensus
Thursday, February 23, 2012 by Hasnain Kazim | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Iran's educated elites are among Ahmadinejad's opponents, yet they have no less contempt for the West, or doubt that Iran is the victim of Western aggression.Still Perplexed
Thursday, February 23, 2012 by John Inglis | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new study of the method of Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed seeks to challenge Leo Strauss's esoteric reading in favor of a dialectical understanding of contradictions in the book. Aelia Capitolina
Thursday, February 23, 2012 by Nir Hasson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Roman city built on the ruins of Second Temple Jerusalem was considered insignificant archeologically, and accursed religiously. But new excavations are uncovering its dramatic influence on modern Jerusalem.Linked Arms
Thursday, February 23, 2012 by Irin Carmon | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The historically strong relationship between Israel and Guatemala is paying dividends in international diplomacy, yet ordinary Guatemalans have not forgiven Israel for her cooperation with Ríos Montt's junta thirty years ago.
Do Jews Have a Mormon Problem?Wednesday, February 22, 2012 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The religious values of presidents seldom satisfactorily explain their attitudes toward the Jews. Franklin Roosevelt's Episcopalian faith could not have foretold his hard-hearted policies during the Holocaust. Harry Truman and Jimmy Carter, both Baptists, went in opposite directions.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 by Jonathan Spyer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Smuggled into Syria, a reporter finds that the Free Syrian Army lacks leadership but is fiercely united against Bashar al-Assad and Iran.
