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From Bucharest to JerusalemFriday, December 2, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The cabinet of Romania headed by Prime Minister Emil Boc came to Jerusalem on November 24 to hold a joint session with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government. Boc spoke eloquently of the two countries' common security concerns and shared views on peace and security.
Friday, December 2, 2011 by Adam Kirsch | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Vasily Grossman achieved immense popularity as a journalist covering World War II. That's why it came as such a shock to the Soviet authorities when he submitted the manuscript of Life and Fate. Detroit Rising
Friday, December 2, 2011 by Dan Klein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Like thousands of other young Jews from Michigan, Blair Nosan left the beleaguered state. But then, unexpectedly part of a young Jewish renaissance in the Motor City, she came back.Jews, Christians, and Judeo-Christians
Thursday, December 1, 2011 by Geza Vermes | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The earliest disciples of Jesus were observant Jews, but their distinctive doctrines have been obscured by the Gentile church that supplanted them.The Hasidic Imagination
Thursday, December 1, 2011 by Alan Brill | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Hasidic tales show the ideals to which Eastern European Jews aspired, reflecting folk wisdom and the hallowing of the everyday. So are they authentic, or mere literary creations?Isn’t, Wasn’t, and Won’t Be
Thursday, December 1, 2011 by Khaled Abu Toameh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Palestinians know that Fatah and Hamas would rather preserve the status quo than risk losing financial aid because of a unity government.If I Forget Thee, O Manhattan
Thursday, December 1, 2011 by William Deresiewicz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A generation after Bernard Malamud and Leslie Fiedler took academic appointments in the Northwest, a latter-day New York intellectual puts down roots in Portland. (Includes obscene language.)Songs of Wonder
Thursday, December 1, 2011 by Vox Tablet | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Known for Middle Eastern, African, and Hasidic motifs in her music, Basya Schechter has added the little-known Yiddish verse of Abraham Joshua Heschel into the mix. (Audio)
Look for the Union LabelThursday, December 1, 2011 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
With the din from the Occupy Wall Street encampments fading in the early winter chill, it's time to step back and consider the phenomenon as part of the broader history of the anti-capitalist struggle in America.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 by Shmuley Boteach | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
For all its internationalism, the Lubavitch movement continues to evince a largely parochial mentality. It is global in scope but not in outlook.
