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Fresh-Baked Matzah and the Spirit of CapitalismTuesday, March 19, 2013 by Yoel Finkelman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Small-scale matzah bakeries in Israel are enabling people to fulfil the mitzvah of baking matzah—and strengthening communities.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 by Yehoshua Pfeffer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"Haredim today are seen not merely as unequal partners in the army, but altogether as non-partners. To change this, Israeli society needs to focus on fostering partnership rather than equality."Americans for Israel
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 by Yoram Ettinger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As President Obama prepares for his first official visit to Israel, a new poll reveals that Israel has the support of the vast majority of Americans. But will Obama listen to the people?Misreading Passover
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 by David Hartman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"I dreamed that when the calendar turned to Passover, the dominant discussions in the culture would be about subjugation, alienation, and human dignity. But what do we talk about instead? Recipes."Britain’s Masada
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 by Alan Shaw | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
This week in 1190, 150 Jews were besieged in York Castle by a local mob—and, at the bidding of their rabbi, chose to take their own lives rather than die at the hands of their enemies.Religion without God
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 by Ronald Dworkin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In acknowledging a sense of value, mystery, and purpose in life, many non-believers live by a form of faith—and reject the naturalism of the New Atheists.