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Neologism and NationalismThursday, August 30, 2012 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
There has never been agreement about Zionism. Not only is the idea of Jewish nationalism controversial, the very word “Zionism” arouses unique passions, as a recent controversy highlights.
Sin, Sin, SinWednesday, August 29, 2012 by Lawrence Grossman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In the current Hebrew month of repentance, it’s hard not to notice that we live in a culture that takes sin far less seriously than it used to. The formula “mistakes were made” has largely replaced the admission of personal responsibility.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 by Torah Talk with Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
When Achilles drags Hector's body behind his chariot, Apollo says, "He does dishonor to the dumb earth." Deuteronomy expresses a similar sentiment. (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:10:54The Not-So-Grand
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 by Ilan Greenberg and Andrew Radin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Armchair diplomats keep inventing “grand bargains”—for Syria, Afghanistan, the Middle East. But what diplomats do best is to sweat the details, not impose overarching solutions dreamed up abroad.Act of God?
Scientists studying the Dead Sea have found that 3,200 years ago in Canaan, a significant drought coincided with the collapse of the urban economy—and conquest by the Israelites. Europe’s New Religion
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 by Dov Maimon and Nadia Ellis | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As human rights becomes Europe’s reigning code of ethics, Jews across the continent face attacks by the secular establishment on ritual circumcision. (PDF) Lebanon’s Unholy Bedfellows
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 by Hilal Khashan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In Lebanon the Maronites are Christian liberals, while the Shiites are Islamic theocrats. The contradiction hasn’t kept them from an alliance based on resentment of Sunni domination.Homeshuling
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 by Steve Lipman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As the cost of Jewish schools in America soars, several hundred families have taken to educating their children at home.