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The Taste of Jewish LifeThursday, April 7, 2011 by Marjorie Ingall | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
What does Hadassah's archive of cookbooks tell us about the interplay between Jewishness and American identity from the 1920s to today?A Tough Assignment
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 by Philissa Cramer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Why can't Israel's chaotic education system implement the desperately-needed reforms urged by New York City's former schools chancellor?Master Narratives
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 by Moshe Rosman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Distilling generations of Jewish historical writing, a scholar locates what has endured—and why—and enjoins his peers to produce work that will itself endure.Damage Done
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 by Michael Weiss | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Richard Goldstone's mea culpa can be welcomed for its better-late-than-never candor, but the damage his notorious report has caused Israel cannot be exaggerated or undone.
“We Love Death”Wednesday, April 6, 2011 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In 2007, two years before he killed thirteen people and wounded twenty-nine at Fort Hood, Texas, Nidal Malik Hasan prepared a slide show for his fellow Army doctors on the subject of Islam. One of his last points read: "We love death more than you love life!"
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 by Ralph Gardner Jr. | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A visit to Michael Tilson Thomas's rehearsal of a multimedia tribute to his grandparents, the Yiddish theater greats Boris and Bessie Thomashefsky.A Two-Way Street?
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 by Jonathan D. Sarna and Jay Ruderman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
American Jews are becoming more informed about Israel; it's time for Israelis to learn more about American Jews.
Gandhi and the JewsTuesday, April 5, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
A new book about Mohandas Gandhi (1869–1948) has set off stormy protests in India for implying that the country's founding father was bisexual. That's only the beginning of it.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 by Peter Berkowitz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Before Richard Goldstone's recent disavowals of his own Report, Desmond Tutu and others rallied to keep alive this fatally flawed document with the potential to endanger both civilians and lawful fighters. Mixed Welcome
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 by Tamar Jacoby | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Essential as immigration has been to American history, prevailing opinion through the centuries has been anything but warm toward newcomers.
