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Children of the RevelationTuesday, May 14, 2013 by Gil Student | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
From equality to heresy via dueling mountains, here is your guide to Revelation at Sinai and its aftermath. (E-book)Where Worlds Collide
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 by Eli Rubin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"At Sinai—the Torah tells us—'God descended upon the mountain.' From this point on, man would be able to enjoy a direct relationship with the essentiality of the divine self."The Theology of Cheesecake
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 by Ben Elton | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"It is anything but trivial to turn eating cheesecake into a religious experience, it is an example of the Jewish genius."

Monday, May 13, 2013 by Joshua Berman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The Occupy rallies of 2011 were the largest Israel has ever seen. As I looked at the young couples in Tel Aviv protesting the inaccessibility of housing they could call their own, I thought of the land tenure reforms of Leviticus.
Monday, May 13, 2013 by Shlomo M. Brody | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Should Tamerlan Tsarnaev, co-perpetrator of the Boston bombings, have been buried? Jewish law extends burial rights even to the worst criminals and the most ardent enemies of God.Eichmann’s Jews
Monday, May 13, 2013 by Anton Pelinka | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new history of the Viennese Jews forced to co-operate with Adolf Eichmann argues that Benjamin Murmelstein, long vilified as collaborator, tried to save Jewish lives wherever possible.Interfaith Monologue
Monday, May 13, 2013 by Patrick Morrow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Church of Scotland's report questioning Israel's right to exist read "as if there had been no Jewish-Christian dialogue since the Second World War."