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Light and ShadeThursday, October 28, 2010 by Tim Rutten | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A "Holocaust detective story" is an exercise in pornographic bad taste.
Jews and Their HistoriansWednesday, October 27, 2010 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Over the last two centuries, Jewish identity has assumed an often bewildering variety of forms—religious, political, social, and cultural. One form, insufficiently recognized as such, is the study of Jewish identity, especially as filtered through Jewish history. Its main means of expression is the academic enterprise known as Jewish Studies, a field that in turn comprises a variety of specific schools and thinkers.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 by Michael J. Totten | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An interview with Martin Kramer on Iran's strengths, weaknesses, and strategic goals—and what to do about them.Homecomings
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 by Adam Kirsch | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new museum exhibition and a fresh edition and translation of The Glatstein Chronicles show how drastically the fates of American and Polish Jewry had diverged by the 1930's.Distorted Lens
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 by Ricki Hollander | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The news show 60 Minutes has joined the effort to delegitimize Israel's claim to Jerusalem through shoddy journalism.Diplomatic Cover-Up
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 by Jan Friedmann and Klaus Wiegrefe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
German diplomats were far more deeply involved in the Holocaust than had been thought—and then spent decades covering their tracks.Hayei Sarah: The Role of the Nameless
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 by David Hazony | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
Literarily speaking, this week's portion may seem a bit of a bust. Gone, at least temporarily, are the intense, symbolic, high signal-to-noise ratio stories that have until now made the Bible such a riveting read. This week, we contend with the long winds of Eliezer of Damascus, servant to Abraham. His story is dry and bizarrely repetitive.Rogue Debate
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 by Yaniv Halili | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
What happened when the prestigious Cambridge Union sponsored a debate titled "Israel is a Rogue State"? The side that was supposed to lose, won.Educate and Innovate
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 by Melissa Klapper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Examining the central role played by women in teaching American Jews, a collection of essays looks beyond religious school to settlement houses, camps, children's literature, adult education, and the arts.
Who is Ed Miliband, and What Does He Want?Tuesday, October 26, 2010 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
With the Conservatives now in power in Britain, the Labor party has been sorting out not only its personnel but its policies, including toward Israel and the Middle East. In his campaign for the party's leadership, in which he narrowly edged out his brother David, Ed Miliband pledged to visit the area to see first-hand "what is happening on the ground."
