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Studying Bible with BibiTuesday, May 29, 2012 by Herb Keinon | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
This past Wednesday, while the world powers engaged in talks with the Iranians, and Israel was rocked by protests about immigration, Prime Minister Netanyahu sat down to contemplate the book of Ruth.
The Tenth Commandment and ThoughtcrimeTuesday, May 29, 2012 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The Ten Commandments lay out a blueprint for relations, first, between God and Israel and then, between God and humanity; the Shabbat serves as the hinge between the two.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 by Seth Kadish | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Two strikingly different medieval paradigms show that when facing apparent conflicts between science and Torah, the worst possible solution is to sanitize the former or censor the latter.Jews of Yemen, Get Out!
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 by Lyn Julius | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The few dozen Jews who remain in Yemen—many incentivized against aliyah by the Satmar movement—insist that Jewish life is good in Tzanaa despite a death toll attesting to the contrary.Deeds of the Fathers
Friday, May 25, 2012 by David Hartman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Who better exemplifies the contract between God and the Jews: the Abraham willing to sacrifice his son Isaac, or the Abraham empowered by God to argue with Him?
Shavuot: The Stopping PointFriday, May 25, 2012 by Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
There is always something going on in the Jewish festival calendar. From the fast of the 10th of Tevet through Hanukkah right around to the next fast of the 10th of Tevet on December 23rd, it's hard to go more than four or five weeks in a row without finding some special day to be observed.
Friday, May 25, 2012 by Jonathan S. Tobin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
No matter how immigrant-friendly the Jewish state may be, the idea that tiny Israel should be considered the solution for African poverty is absurd.How Bad Faith Drives Out Good
Friday, May 25, 2012 by Melanie Phillips | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Religion, or more precisely the religion of the Bible, and more precisely still the Judaism at its core, is the crucible of reason. Those who reject the religion of the Bible are rejecting reason itself.For Better or for Purse
Friday, May 25, 2012 by Michael J. Broyde | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The "Halakhic Prenup" is a real solution to the agunah problem. Now it needs to be adopted beyond Modern Orthodoxy.Amid the Alien Corn
Friday, May 25, 2012 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In one stunning declaration, the young Ruth shattered what had previously been an impermeable barrier of Israelite law, reshaping the law and Jewish history at once.