Search Results
You can also browse by author, browse by source, or view the archives.
Left BehindWednesday, August 17, 2011 by Leonard Saxe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Jewish education in North America cannot just be the concern and responsibility of the engaged and the motivated; it must be approached from a community-wide perspective.Superhuman Discovery
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 by Arieh O’Sullivan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Muscles bulging, a lion skin draped over his shoulder, the Greek mythical hero Hercules has reappeared—headless—in a Roman-era bathhouse in northern Israel.
What’s Behind Israel’s Middle-Class Revolt?Wednesday, August 17, 2011 by Ran Baratz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Amid the flood of press comments about the "middle-class" protests that have been roiling the Israeli scene over the past weeks, a particularly cheerful note was struck by the American political philosopher Michael Walzer.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 by Michael Medved | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In an enchanting new book, Senator Joseph Lieberman argues that the purpose of the Sabbath is not "to recharge our batteries so we can work harder but to recharge our souls so we can live better." Ekev: The Nature of the Covenant
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 by Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
The Tablets of the Covenant: we all have an image of them in our minds, thanks to Rembrandt. In Hebrew, they even have their own Wikipedia entry. They are the bedrock of the Jewish relationship with God.Islamism and Its Discontents
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 by Michael J. Totten | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Is the Muslim Brotherhood moderate? According to former members of the organization, the answer is: emphatically not.
The Night of the Murdered PoetsTuesday, August 16, 2011 by Nahma Sandrow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
On August 12, 1952, thirteen major Soviet Jewish figures were executed for espionage, bourgeois nationalism, "lack of true Soviet spirit," and treason, including a plot to hand the Crimea over to American and Zionist imperialists.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 by Rivkah Fishman-Duker | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In a new Hebrew-language book, the journalist Amnon Lord recounts history through the career of Uri Avnery, octogenarian anti-Zionist activist, faithful follower of the Soviet line, icon of the Israeli Left.Reshaping Turkey
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 by Soner Cagaptay | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
For a century, the Turks emulated Kemal Ataturk because his political descendants controlled all power. Now, Recep Tayyip Erdogan controls all power, and his turn has come.Jerusalem: Syndrome or Artichoke?
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 by Philologos | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
What do Speaker of the House John Boehner and an ugly root vegetable have in common?
