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Changing the TuneWednesday, March 13, 2013 by Michael White | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Having laid bare its Nazi history, the Vienna Philharmonic has faced calls to disband. But ought we to assume that "all great musicians should be great examples of humanity"?The Limits of Disbelief
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 by Tom Bartlett | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Recent psychological research has found that few people are willing to dare God to do terrible things—even if they claim to be avowed atheists.
AIPAC and the Secret Worlds of Peoplehood
No cause, force or organization, brings Americans, primarily Jews but also Christians, together like the cause of Israel as managed by AIPAC.
A Marriage Made in HellTuesday, March 12, 2013 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
No cause, force or organization, brings Americans, primarily Jews but also Christians, together like the cause of Israel as managed by AIPAC.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 by Rafael Medoff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Seventy-five years ago this week, German troops entered Austria to impose the Anschluss—and found the people, in the words of Sigmund Freud, "entirely at one with their brothers in the Reich."When in Rome
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 by Seth Chalmer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Jewish leaders can present the next pope with a wish list on interfaith dialogue, Israel, and anti-Semitism—but must not lecture the Vatican about Catholic doctrine.Children of Israel
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 by David Wolpe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new book on Jacob asks why the Torah begins with the patriarchal narrative rather than with the Exodus—and why a deeply flawed man is chosen to be the father of the Jewish people.“Are you the Messiah?”
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 by James Tabor | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Scholars have long dismissed Jesus' self-identification as the Messiah, related in Mark, claiming that his followers called him the Messiah only after his death. But the sources suggest otherwise.The Atheist Inquisition
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 by Leon Wieseltier | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"For the bargain-basement atheism of our day, it is not enough that there be no God: there must be only matter."