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The Cottage-Cheese RebellionThursday, August 4, 2011 by Daniel Doron | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An Israeli protest movement over the cost of food is spreading to other goods and services; whether it will help bring truly competitive markets and a more accountable political class remains to be seen.Lucky Little Shul
Thursday, August 4, 2011 by Jenna Weissman Joselit | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A synagogue built in 1913, tucked into a narrow lot on New York's Lower East Side, still stands and is still in use—protected, perhaps, by the constellation of zodiac signs on its walls?
Hizballah in AmericaThursday, August 4, 2011 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Hizballah is a Shiite Muslim movement, Iranian-created and -funded, which strongarms Lebanon through threats and violence, assaults Israel with rockets obtained through Syria in contravention of UN resolutions, and is funded through massive criminal enterprises. And it has arrived in the Americas.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 by Moshe Arens | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel's middle-class protest movement may have been inspired by the "Arab Spring," but the two have nothing in common-and besides, Israelis can always change their government.
Reconstructing JudaismWednesday, August 3, 2011 by Joseph J. Siev | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
At a time when all three major Jewish denominations in America—Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform—find themselves in a state of deep internal fracture, a fourth and much smaller movement, Reconstructionism, has just voted to create a unified body to coordinate the activities of its lay and rabbinical arms.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 by Seth Chalmer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Despite what some modern Jews think, particularism is not the enemy of universalism; quite the contrary.D’varim: “Weeping for the Generations”
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 by Moshe Sokolow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
This week's portion, which inaugurates the book of Deuteronomy, is traditionally read on the Shabbat immediately preceding Tisha b'Av, the ninth day of the month of Av, the anniversary of the destructions of both the First and Second Temples.Pooling Genes
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 by Gianna Palmer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new scientific paper uses DNA to assert a genetic link between Jews and Africans—a link also attested by ancient Jewish tales of trade and other exchanges with sub-Saharan Africa.Saving Monticello
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 by Judith Fein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Without the care and stewardship of the Levy family in the 19th century, one of America's most famous presidential homes might not exist today.Is Hizballah in Trouble?
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 by Shimon Shapira | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Severely weakened by, among other things, the shaky condition of the Assad regime in Syria, the terrorist group is looking for a pretext to assert its dominance by confronting Israel.
