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In the Court of the TzadikFriday, December 9, 2011 by Geoffrey Clarfield | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Accompanying Shlomo Carlebach to a prayer service in a Sufi meeting house.Falkenhayn’s Feat
Friday, December 9, 2011 by Lenny Ben-David | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Jews of Palestine owed their survival during World War I to a German army general, who prevented the Turks from doing to the Jews what they had already done to the Armenians.V
Friday, December 9, 2011 by Matti Friedman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Archeologists are stumped by mysterious stone carvings, made thousands of years ago and recently uncovered in an excavation underneath Jerusalem.

Thursday, December 8, 2011 by Suzanne Garment | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In a recent issue of Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies and Gender Issues, Debra Mesch, director of the Women's Philanthropy Institute at Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy, together with colleagues, has published an article called "Does Jewish Philanthropy Differ by Sex and Type of Giving?"
Thursday, December 8, 2011 by Menachem Kellner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
What is it about Maimonides? Few have read him, fewer have understood him, and yet everyone, from Yeshayahu Leibowitz to the Lubavitcher Rebbe, wants him in his camp.“Our 9/11”
Thursday, December 8, 2011 by Matthew Shaer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The faithful of Borough Park have a saying: "We are all of one face." The life of Levi Aron, the outcast awaiting trial for the murder of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky, suggests otherwise.Boundaries and Barriers
Thursday, December 8, 2011 by Sue Fishkoff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Most deaf Jews are not involved in Jewish life; the barriers to participation are simply too high. But the community is changing rapidly.A Second Chance for Europe?
Thursday, December 8, 2011 by Tommy Berzi | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As European leaders come to understand Israel's unique security predicament, the time might be right for Israel to establish symmetry vis-à-vis the Palestinian land demands.Mind the Gap
Thursday, December 8, 2011 by Gary Rosenblatt | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
There are discussion groups between Jews and Christians, and Jews and Muslims; now, how about we address the growing divide between Orthodox Jews and the rest of the community?Inside Adbusters
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 by Michael C. Moynihan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In the apocalyptic vision of the magazine that sparked the Occupy Wall Street movement, the ravages of capitalism compete only with Zionism to cause the most harm to planet Earth.