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When Liberal Protestants Were ZionistsTuesday, March 5, 2013 by Judah Bellin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
It is hard to imagine a liberal Christian theologian passionately defending Zionism today. But Reinhold Niebuhr praised Zionism as a means to the establishment of "highest civilization."
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 by Natan Slifkin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As Pesach approaches, Egypt is once again beset by a plague of locusts. But if they descend upon Israel, they might end up on at least one man's menu.America’s Rabbis Bounce Back
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 by Steven Windmueller | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Twenty years ago, America’s communal elites curtailed the rabbis’ influence. But with Orthodoxy’s new assertiveness, rabbis are shaping American Judaism again. Making Money Holy
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 by Gil Student | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Moses counted the Israelites by making each one contribute a half-shekel. Was the money holy because it was used for sacred purposes? Or simply because it was pure silver?The Land of No Anti-Semitism
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 by Anshel Pfeffer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Azerbaijan’s Jews, citizens of a pro-Israel nation with a venerable Jewish heritage, are sure that "there is no anti-Semitism here and there never has been." But they depend on the president's favor.Investigating the Shiksa
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 by Menachem Kaiser | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"Who is the shiksa? Where did she come from? How did she get to where she is today?" And "is calling someone a shiksa really a hate crime?"
Who’s Sadat? Or, Defining Israel Literacy UpwardMonday, March 4, 2013 by David B. Starr | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
American Jewry is becoming less and less well informed about Zionism and Israel. Can anything be done to reverse this decline?
Monday, March 4, 2013 by Eric Lichtblau | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
New research has revealed that the number of Nazi camps and ghettos was six times greater than previous estimates—too many to have remained invisible to the German people.
