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Thursday, September 13, 2012 by Shlomo Zuckier | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
When does a human life end? A 2010 monograph by a rabbinic body, a recent book by an independent scholar, and a forthcoming book by another rabbinic organization are the most recent entries in what is among the most discussed halakhic debates of recent times.
Thursday, September 13, 2012 by Susan Paykin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Reform movement’s RAC explains what the IRS says a rabbi can and can’t do during an election campaign. Unfortunately, the lines are a little blurry.Heat Wave
Thursday, September 13, 2012 by Diego Melamed | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Panama’s Jewish population has grown by 70 percent. There are 20 percent more children in Argentina’s Jewish pre-schools. Latin American Jewish life is booming.The Razor’s Edge
Thursday, September 13, 2012 by Dan Ephron | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
How might war between Iran and Israel begin? Former Mossad chief Ephraim Levy says the flash point could be the Iranian soldiers now in Syria helping the Assad regime. The Maestro and the Maestro
Thursday, September 13, 2012 by Jon Kalish | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Few outside the cantorial world know Yitzhak Meir Helfgot. But when famed violinist Itzhak Perlman listens to him, he gets goose bumps. Cooling the Circumcision Debate
Thursday, September 13, 2012 by Andreas Michaelis | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
There has been worry over a German court’s opinion that circumcision is bodily harm. But it has no binding force—and has been repudiated by the German government.