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Go West, Young ManTuesday, May 21, 2013 by Jeremy Gillick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Joining the Californian gold rush in the 1850s, Jews discovered a land with no established hierarchy, no significant anti-Semitism—and no rabbis.
The Moral Costs of Jewish Day School
As Jewish Ideas Daily nears its re-launch, we look back at some of our highlights over the last three-and-a-half years—beginning with Aryeh Klapper's day-school proposal, first published May 14, 2012.
Hanging in the BalanceMonday, May 20, 2013 by Aryeh Klapper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
As Jewish Ideas Daily nears its re-launch, we look back at some of our highlights over the last three-and-a-half years—beginning with Aryeh Klapper's day-school proposal, first published May 14, 2012.
Monday, May 20, 2013 by Lee Smith | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Facing hostile actors on nearly every border, Israel aims to preserve the regional balance of power—a task made all the more delicate by American indifference.Fatah’s Two Faces
On Nakba Day, Mahmoud Abbas endorses a two-state solution even as his party refuses to recognize the Jewish state and claims a right, which “never expires,” of return to Israeli land.The Post-Yeshiva Synagogue
Monday, May 20, 2013 by Yonatan Kaganoff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In American Orthodoxy, a fair number of synagogues have shifted from being places for whole families to gather to becoming places for men to pray and, especially, to study.Discovering Gush Halav
Monday, May 20, 2013 by Aviva Bar-Am and Shmuel Bar-Am | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Despite centuries of persecution, Galilee-based Christian followers of a hermit named Mar Maroun have refused to abandon their faith. Sound familiar?Could the Holy Ghost be Jewish?
Monday, May 20, 2013 by Philologos | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The roots of a quintessential Christian concept trace back to the Hebrew Bible.