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Not Ordinary at AllFriday, January 25, 2013 by Chaya Glasner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Ban Ki-Moon dedicated this year’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day to the uncelebrated “ordinary” rescuers of Nazi victims. But Jewish rescuer and survivor Berta Rubinsztejn is anything but ordinary.
Friday, January 25, 2013 by Robert Eaglestone | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Historian Otto Dov Kulka has always separated his research on the Holocaust from his own experience at Auschwitz. But his latest book combines the two—to extraordinary effect. Refreshing Tu Bishvat
Friday, January 25, 2013 by Elli Fischer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"Diasporic Jewish existence is like a dried fruit: flavor and freshness are sacrificed in the interest of durability and portability."Manna From Heaven?
Friday, January 25, 2013 by Natan Slifkin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Are miracles supernatural or naturalistic phenomena? Maimonides seems to give contradictory answers—particularly on the subject of manna.Revisionist Rabbis
Friday, January 25, 2013 by Yitz Landes | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new book argues that the Mishnah's descriptions of Temple rituals serve to "claim authority for the rabbis," by portraying proto-rabbinic decisors as the arbiters of Temple practice. Israel’s Approaching Austerity
Friday, January 25, 2013 by Avi Temkin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Yesh Atid's opposition to raising taxes on the middle class presages cuts to welfare, public sector salaries—and the defense budget.