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The Return of PeoplehoodFriday, July 9, 2010 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Among the various attempts over time to articulate a common, all-embracing sense of identity and direction for the Jews—that sprawling, fractious, and diverse group—the notion of peoplehood has been experiencing something of a revival. The Jewish Agency, for one, has announced that peoplehood will henceforth be the focus of its programming, and Israel will of course play a central role in this effort. But does a central role for Israel actually comport with the broadly inclusive tent that the "peoplehood" rubric seeks to establish? Some say no.
Friday, July 9, 2010 by Daniel Johnson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
By denying the historical narrative of the Jewish people, by questioning their right to live in their own state, the enemies of the Jews are testing the entire edifice of our civilization.Non-Starter
Friday, July 9, 2010 by Dore Gold | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As a prerequisite for resuming peace talks, the Palestinians are insisting that Israel abide not only by existing agreements but by past negotiations that went nowhere.Jews and Baseball
Friday, July 9, 2010 by Hannah Brown | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A documentary featured at this year's Jerusalem film festival looks at the U.S. Jewish experience through the lens of America's favorite pastime.Identity Formation
Friday, July 9, 2010 by Michael A. Meyer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In the course of the 18th century, modernizing Jews broke with tradition to join the ranks of European rationalists, deists—and hedonists.Where Jewish Art Began?
Friday, July 9, 2010 by Richard McBee | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Preceding other examples of Jewish narrative art by centuries are the synagogue frescoes from the frontier Roman town of Dura Europos in today's Syria. (Part II of a three-part series; part I is here.)Verdi, Israeli-Style
Friday, July 9, 2010 by Israel Philharmonic Orchestra | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Mingling with the Friday-morning crowd at Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Center Food Market, performers spring a surprise chorus from Il Trovatore. (Video) Funnyman
Thursday, July 8, 2010 by John Seven | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
After creating Superman, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster fashioned a very different superhero—perhaps the most straightforward expression of Jewishness to have appeared in comics.
Waiting for the (Political) MessiahThursday, July 8, 2010 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Israelis are not scheduled to go to the polls until October 2013, but no one would be astonished if some political upheaval forced earlier elections. Several high-profile contenders are already letting it be known that they could be enticed to provide the deliverance Israelis habitually crave, either by starting new parties or by taking leadership roles in existing ones. The saviors waiting in the wings include the photogenic television personality Yair Lapid, who promises to stand up to the "settlers" and the "ultra-Orthodox." Then there is the magnetic Aryeh Deri, once the top vote-getter of the Sephardi ultra-Orthodox Shas party,...
Thursday, July 8, 2010 by Matt Buhrman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Ottumwa's B'nai Jacob congregation is in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places; nowadays, fewer than ten worshippers muster for Sabbath services. (With video)
