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An Umbrella for British JewryWednesday, June 30, 2010 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The Board of Deputies of British Jews, now celebrating its 250th anniversary, is almost certainly the oldest continuously functioning representative body of Jewry in the world. Its first meeting, held at London's Bevis Marks Synagogue in 1760, was recorded in Portuguese, the language of its Sephardi founders. The first complete history of the Board, by Raphael Langham, has just been published—at a moment when neither the Board nor the community it represents is in robust health.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 by Adam Kirsch | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The dilemma of liberal Judaism, a new anthology suggests, is that its theologians can barely mouth the word "God" without a blizzard of qualifications.Archaeological Politics
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 by Hershel Shanks | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Only in Israel are politically motivated critics permitted to obstruct even the most impeccably conducted digs.Bubbles to the Last Squirt
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 by Sarah Elton | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A handful of seltzer men maintain a Jewish habit as old and as valuable as brisket.
DisabilitiesTuesday, June 29, 2010 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Today is 17 Tammuz, a traditional fast day commemorating the last phase of the Babylonian and Roman sieges against ancient Jerusalem. In recent years, thanks to an organization of young religious activists, it has also become a day of reflection on ethical questions in Israeli society. This year's question, the focus of a conference in Jerusalem, concerns the integration of people with disabilities into the normal life of the community.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 by Claire Berlinski | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
What I learned at the headquarters of the extremist group that sponsored the Mavi Marmara.An Illuminating Experience
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 by Edward Rothstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A private collection of illuminated Hebrew manuscripts, on exhibit in New York, is a dazzling introduction to the Jewish art of visual commentary.The Rise of Raed Salah
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 by Yaakov Lappin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Pushing aside Israel's secular Arab leadership, an incendiary Galilee-based Islamist is inculcating a new generation to reject the legitimacy of the Jewish state.Lying about Pictures
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 by Clint Talbott | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Photographs of Nazi atrocities in the former Soviet Union were made to serve many state purposes; seldom, if ever, were the victims identified as Jews.
ConstitutionsMonday, June 28, 2010 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Among the issues brought to the fore by the recent crisis in Israel over ultra-Orthodox (haredi) schools is the unresolved role of the state's judiciary. Israel has no written constitution. To some, the absence invites disaster. To others, it is what holds Israel together as a Jewish and democratic state.
