Search Results
You can also browse by author, browse by source, or view the archives.
Lions and AngelsTuesday, May 1, 2012 by Adin Steinsaltz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
How did the legendary rabbinic scholar, who was raised in a secular household, become religious? "It was almost spontaneous." (Video)“Kinat Sofrim”
Monday, April 30, 2012 by Laurent Binet and Garth Risk Hallberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
One writer at work on the (false) memoirs of an old SS veteran reads another's bestselling, prize-accruing (false) memoirs of another SS veteran.How to Talk about Israel at Harvard
Monday, April 30, 2012 by Matthew Ackerman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Hint: Forget the humanities departments.What Kind of Jewish Name is Shylock?
Monday, April 30, 2012 by Fred MacDowell | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The question has engaged scholars since the 18th century, leading to some very creative theories.Up
Monday, April 30, 2012 by Lucette Lagnado | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
One New York woman who has "done Hagbah" is a physical trainer who lifts weights and teaches Pilates. Yet when she raised the Torah, she says, "I was shaking."Bloc Party
Monday, April 30, 2012 by Colin Campbell | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
New York's ultra-Orthodox citizens don't watch TV or follow sports. What do they pay attention to? Politics. And more and more, politicians are paying attention back.The Times and Kenneth Libo
Monday, April 30, 2012 by Karl Grossman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"The horror," the historian said, "is to find a one-column headline on Page 16 of the New York Times saying, ‘One Million Jews Killed.'"
The Move that Dare Not Speak Its NameMonday, April 30, 2012 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Recent years have seen a flurry of reports, studies, and worried discussions about strengthening Diaspora Jewry's ties to Israel. But what about strengthening the ties to Israel—or, for that matter, to the Diaspora—of the growing numbers of Israelis who live abroad?
Friday, April 27, 2012 by Daniel Johnson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
No Gentile is treated with such reverence in the Bible as Cyrus. But his example shows just how alien Iran's recent rulers are to the long history of Persia and its people.What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Friday, April 27, 2012 by Paula Fredriksen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Until very recently, scholarly work on the Jewishness of Christianity has been a largely Christian project, but over the past fifty years, in ever-larger numbers, Jewish scholars have joined in.