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Jerusalem: Syndrome or Artichoke?Tuesday, August 16, 2011 by Philologos | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
What do Speaker of the House John Boehner and an ugly root vegetable have in common?The Ralph Branca Story
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 by Joshua Prager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Though it was unknown to him until recently, the Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who in 1951 threw the "shot heard round the world," losing a pennant race to the New York Giants, was born to a Jewish mother.Returning Home
Monday, August 15, 2011 by Michele Chabin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
With economic progress and relative quiet on the West Bank, the mass exodus of Palestinian Christians has slowed; some are coming back.Groupthink and the Sanhedrin
Monday, August 15, 2011 by Patricia Cohen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Did the decision-making practices of the ancient Jewish legislative body anticipate modern wisdom on averting conformism and encouraging dissent?Fiddles of Hope
Monday, August 15, 2011 by Noah Klieger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A Tel Aviv restorer specializes in violins that survived the Holocaust; at Auschwitz recently, Shlomo Mintz played one of them for visiting IDF cadets and officers.
Israel and the AntipodesMonday, August 15, 2011 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
During the February 2011 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, a boulder smashed into a car, killing 23-year-old Israeli Ofer Mizrahi. The death toll from that earthquake was 181, including two Israelis besides Mizrahi.
Monday, August 15, 2011 by Sol Stern | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A protest movement spawned, ironically, by Israel's economic success may do some good—if the Left can be prevented from hijacking it.Evolutionary Torah
Monday, August 15, 2011 by Matti Friedman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A team of scholars has been laboring for a half-century to produce a comprehensive critical edition of the Hebrew Bible; so far, three books have appeared.
The Challenge of EilatFriday, August 12, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In a country where the sky is mostly blue, the southernmost city of Eilat has nonetheless laid claim—with justification—to being Israel's sun capital. Reliably good weather does not, however, solve all problems.
Friday, August 12, 2011 by Jonathan S. Tobin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Never until now has an American President made an issue of home-building in Jewish neighborhoods established in the immediate aftermath of the 1967 war and the city's reunification.
