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Jordan on the Edge
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 by Alexander Bligh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In addition to its domestic challenges, the Hashemite Kingdom sees itself under existential threat from the prospect of Palestinian statehood.
Going Local
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 by Sue Fishkoff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

With national Jewish population studies becoming a thing of the past, American Jewish communities are investing in surveying their own.
The Reluctant Renegade The Reluctant Renegade
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Since its founding, Conservative Judaism in the U.S. has defined itself in sharp contrast to Reform, pursuing a more religiously centrist and Zionist middle course. Its UK parallel, Masorti ("traditional") Judaism, was born as a secession movement from Orthodoxy—inspired by theologian Louis Jacobs.
Closing the Terror Gap
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 by Clifford D. May | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

What do the Second Amendment, the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, and support for Israel have in common?
Reclaimed
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 by Doreen Carvajal | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Centuries after the forced conversion of their ancestors to Catholicism, members of fifteen families on the island of Majorca have been recognized as full-fledged Jews.
Baby Un-Boom
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 by Tamar Rotem | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Are ultra-Orthodox Israeli women giving up their "career" of multiple childbearing?
The Hebrew Hammer
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 by Eitan Kensky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The closest a Jewish hitter has come to perfection: Hank Greenberg's 58 home runs for the Detroit Tigers in 1938.
Man-oh-Manischewitz
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 by Jonathan D. Sarna | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

How the world's largest manufacturer of gefilte fish came to be headed by two Moroccan Jews from Casablanca.
Diplomacy, Flotilla Style
Monday, July 11, 2011 by Evelyn Gordon | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

If diplomacy stopped this year's flotilla to Gaza, could it have stopped last year's?
Imaginary Vampires, Imagined Jews Imaginary Vampires, Imagined Jews
Monday, July 11, 2011 by Allan Nadler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

1897 was a watershed year in Jewish history. And now, Jewish historians may consider adding a surprising entry to the list of that year's events that proved so repercussive in Jewish history: the publication of Bram Stoker's Dracula.