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Kiefer’s ChallengeWednesday, December 15, 2010 by Richard McBee | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The German artist Anselm Kiefer has once again taken New York by storm. Ensconced at the prestigious Gagosian Gallery, Next Year in Jerusalem, his latest show, has met with reviews ranging from the gushing to the grudgingly respectful.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 by Robert Satloff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Obama administration is finally free to test whether Israeli and Palestinian leaderships are closer to agreement on the core issues than is commonly recognized.Adoption and American Judaism
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 by Lauren Markoe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Racially diverse adoptive children are embraced in American synagogues, but a common reason for their presence is the worrisomely low fertility rates of Jewish women.Hard Road
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 by Blake Eskin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An interview with Vasily Grossman's English translator on the shifting legacy of the great author of Life and Fate.Pride, Prejudice, and the Presidency
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
All sorts of people hold private prejudices. As the latest disclosures from the Nixon tapes suggest, what matters is what officials do in their public lives.Dark-Souled Madonna
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 by Peter Paphides | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Ten years after her death from AIDS, the famed Israeli singer Ofra Haza remains an enigma.
Shorting HistoryTuesday, December 14, 2010 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
English-language introductions to modern Israel are few and far between, and good ones even fewer and farther. For that reason alone, the publication of Martin van Creveld's The Land of Blood and Honey: The Rise of Modern Israel raises the hope that here, at last, is the book to recommend to anyone seeking a definitive, concise, level-headed, and well-written guide to the Jewish state.
Monday, December 13, 2010 by Jonathan Schanzer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A unilaterally declared "two-state solution" may be in the offing, but that hardly means peace will follow.
Christopher Hitchens’s Jewish ProblemMonday, December 13, 2010 by Benjamin Kerstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
It has been an open secret for years that the celebrated columnist and author Christopher Hitchens has a problem with the Jews. No one much likes to talk about it, and for various reasons his journalistic peers have remained silent on the subject. But it is nonetheless the case.
Monday, December 13, 2010 by Modris Eksteins | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new book on cultural and artistic life in wartime Paris undermines the still-widespread belief that the "true France" never collaborated with the Nazis.
