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Charles Murray and the RabbisWednesday, August 15, 2012 by Yaakov Y. Kermaier, N. Daniel Korobkin, Yosie Levine, Ari Perl, and Benjamin J. Samuels | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Five Modern Orthodox rabbis bring the Jewish tradition to bear on questions posed by the eminent sociologist.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 by Reuel Marc Gerecht | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The West may hope that Iran would have enough acumen not to actually use a nuclear bomb, but her Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, hasn’t exhibited much sense yet.Job the Trotskyist
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 by Isaac Bashevis Singer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
“There is no worse lowlife than a Jewish Chekist, Yevsektsia member, or plain Communist. They spit on the truth. They’re ready to kill and torture over the least suspicion.” (Fiction; Translated by David Stromberg)Israel’s Oldest Residents
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 by Sharon Udasin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In a cave deep under Ramle, scientists have discovered eight new animal species which have lived there in total isolation from the outside world for millions of years.Praying for a Posek ha-Dor
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 by Nathan Lopes Cardozo | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
“To be a posek means to be a person of unprecedented courage. A person willing to initiate a spiritual storm which will shake up the whole of the Jewish community.”Spinning Spinoza
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 by Allan Nadler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
From David Ben-Gurion to Jonathan Sacks, Jews are determined to see the traditionally Jewish elements of Spinoza’s thought—by misreading his genuine heresy.