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Beyond the Pursuit of HappinessFriday, January 11, 2013 by Emily Esfahani Smith | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Psychiatrist Victor Frankl, a concentration camp survivor, wrote that "if there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering."
When Prayers for Rain are AnsweredFriday, January 11, 2013 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Israel is, in most minds, an arid land bereft of water, not cursed with its superabundance. But a look at geography and history suggests otherwise.
Buczacz by Way of Newark: On Literary Lives at the EndThursday, January 10, 2013 by Jeffrey Saks | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Philip Roth has bowed out gracefully from the literary world. But for the great Hebrew writer S. Y. Agnon, retirement was never an option.
Thursday, January 10, 2013 by Yvonne Sherratt | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new book thoroughly examines Hitler's medical records. There is no doubt, the author says, about Hitler's mental health—and criminal responsibility.The Sheikh and I
Thursday, January 10, 2013 by Michael Janofsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"For the better part of a year, I was the Sheikh’s blogger; or the Sheikh was my avatar. . . I suppose this is the point where I should say I’m Jewish."Prophetic Democracy
Thursday, January 10, 2013 by Warren Zev Harvey | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Equality of all Israel’s citizens "is not a grudging compromise that Judaism has made with modern secular ideologies, but derives from within Judaism—from the vision of the Prophets."We Shall Overcome: the Prequel
Thursday, January 10, 2013 by Menachem Wecker | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A rare 16th-century painting of everyday life in Lisbon hints at ties between Jews and blacks—freemen as well as slaves—in pre-Inquisition Portugal.