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Name that Planet, in HebrewThursday, December 10, 2009 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A blogger considers the competition, open to all Israelis, to come up with authentic Hebrew names for Uranus and Neptune.Not a Single Ray of Hope
Thursday, December 10, 2009 by Zein al-Shami | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In a Kuwait daily, a Syrian liberal laments the state of the Arab world.Paganism vs. Biblical Religion
Thursday, December 10, 2009 by Yochanan Muffs | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Where the two converge, and where they radically part ways—as explicated by a brilliant scholar who died last weekend.
Abortion: Is There a Jewish Perspective?Thursday, December 10, 2009 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Controversy over the Obama administration’s proposed overhaul of American health care has dwelled in part on the issue of public subsidization of abortion. Although the bill passed by the House upheld the status quo and banned such subsidies—to the dismay of its liberal supporters—the subject has not faded from sight. Amid the turmoil, little attention has focused on the question of abortion itself, its moral and ethical status. Is there a distinctive Jewish view of this matter? In practice, to judge by survey results and voting patterns, Jews hold the most permissive “pro-choice” views of any group in the American population,...
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 by Ethan Bronner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
When it comes to captive soldiers, fellow feeling trumps politics, policy, perhaps even the national interest.Swiss Minarets and European Islam
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 by Daniel Pipes | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The recent vote in Switzerland represents a possible turning point.
Land That I LoveWednesday, December 9, 2009 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
For many American Jews, the approach of Hanukkah is a reminder of another miracle besides the one in Jerusalem two millennia ago: the miracle of their country, of the blessings it has showered on its Jewish citizens, and of its firm friendship with the state of Israel. Steven Windmueller of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion has written a crisp summary of the American Jewish experience and of the factors that have made it the exceptional phenomenon it is. Also just released are a handful of essays focusing on the economic life of American Jews, a subject that has...
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 by Yosef Hayyim Yerushalmi | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Diaspora as home, diaspora as hell: a 1997 essay by the distinguished historian who died yesterday at the age of seventy-seven.Minister Slammed
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 by News Staff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A mini-tempest erupted over remarks by Yaakov Neeman, Israel’s minister of justice, to the effect that the law of the Torah should become state law; the remarks were later substantially modified.Would Anything be Different in a “Torah State”?
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 by Kobi Nahshoni | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Even under a “Torah” regime, according to an authority in Jewish law, criminal law would remain virtually unaffected, religious regulations would not be enforced, and there would be no death penalty.
