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The Roots of TorahWednesday, February 8, 2012 by Rachel Kobrin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Tu Bishvat falls in the midst of winter—not a time when one might expect a holiday that celebrates the glory of nature, but perhaps the right time to remind us of its ultimate potential.
From New Year to Arbor DayWednesday, February 8, 2012 by Moshe Sokolow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The holiday of Tu Bishvat ("the fifteenth of Shvat") falls this year on Wednesday, February 8. What are its origins, and when and why did it become incorporated into the calendar as the Jewish "Arbor Day"?
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 by Benny Morris | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Wary of Turkey's increasing radicalism, Israel and Greek Cyprus are forging a new military alliance to protect their offshore gas fields, and to defend against the growing threat of militant Islam.Building Bridges
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 by Noam Dvir | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Moshe Safdie, the world-renowned Israeli architect, is shutting down the office he opened in Jerusalem in 1970. The future, it seems, is in China.Nazi Family Values
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 by David Jacobs | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The photo albums of Hitler's associates—the extended Nazi family, as it were—were of little or no interest to researchers immediately after World War II. But historians are taking a second look.Whitewashing Black-Jewish History
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 by Sivan Zakai | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Both African-Americans and Jews journeyed from slavery to redemption, ultimately united as allies in the civil rights era. It makes for an appropriate and inspiring school lesson. But is it good history?Mincing Words
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 by Philologos | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Yiddish expression makhn ash un blote—"to make ashes and mud" or "to make mincemeat" of someone—exemplifies the influence of biblical idiom on Yiddish phraseology.
Toward an Archeology of HellTuesday, February 7, 2012 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Remembrance is a contradictory imperative. Respectful preservation of the past, especially the remains of those who have gone before us, stands at odds with the need to understand the same past, especially through means like archeology.
Monday, February 6, 2012 by Andrew Roberts | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
One woman is a convicted al-Qaeda terrorist. The other is a renegade crusader for women's rights. An American journalist explicitly seeks to draw a parallel between the two.Creaming the Competition
Monday, February 6, 2012 by Elli Fischer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Ruling Haagen Dazs ice cream to be non-kosher, the Israeli chief rabbinate misconstrues Moshe Feinstein's position and once again demonstrates its contempt for Diaspora Judaism.