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No SaintWednesday, December 22, 2010 by Alan M. Dershowitz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A global symbol of reconciliation and goodness, Desmond Tutu trails a long history of ugly hatred toward the Jewish people, religion, and state.A Renaissance Jew
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 by Dan Yardeni | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Elijah Levita (1469-1549) was a linguist, poet, and humanist who cultivated close relationships with Christian Hebraists and biblical scholars of the day.
And Not a Drop to DrinkWednesday, December 22, 2010 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
With Israel's Carmel fires barely extinguished, word came in early December that the water level in the Kinneret, also known as the Sea of Galilee, was approaching the "black line" at which no more pumping could take place.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 by David Hazony | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
In a series of crucial moments in the Torah, the deepest instincts of salvation come to the fore and powerful, unthinking truths prove to be the path not only to righteousness but to redemption. These are moments that often appear to contradict ideas of universal right and wrong; in them, the affirmation of self obliterates fairness and equanimity, love trumps law, and saving your child or your future is the only right worth knowing. They involve the intervention of women.Uncle Elie Comes Back to Egypt
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 by N. Sharaf Eldin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An Egyptian journalist hosts a visiting member of the Jewish community forced out under Nasser in the late 1960s. "Personally, I believe we owe our Egyptian Jewish brothers an apology."Speech Acts
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 by Nathan Glazer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Do Jews qualify as a recognized group under the U.S. Civil Rights Act, and are they entitled to its protections in the case of anti-Semitic harassment on university campuses?Welcome to the Arduous Community
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 by David Brooks | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Combining empathy with a tough-mindedness rooted in authoritative tradition, a Jewish adult educator offers a path out of the tyranny of the perpetually open mind.
Land of the Crescent Moon?Tuesday, December 21, 2010 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
When an Islamist suicide bomber accidentally detonated two of the three explosive devices he had brought to a bustling Stockholm shopping district in early December, Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt urged his fellow citizens in the "Land of the Midnight Sun" not to jump to hasty conclusions about any jihadist connection. But that may prove tricky.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 by David Solway | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Not only is Israel the West's frontline army in the struggle with militant Islam; it is a global benefactor, without whose dazzling gifts our technology-rich life would be unimaginably poorer.Lebanon’s Disappearing Sovereignty
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
France's sale of anti-tank missiles to the Lebanese army is but a symptom of a much wider Western capitulation to Hizballah, Syria, and Iran.