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Spinning SpinozaWednesday, 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.
The Month of ReturnTuesday, August 14, 2012 by Tevi Troy and Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The Jewish month of Av will soon become Ellul, and mourning for the destruction of the Temples will give way to repentance for our sins. It is time for introspection; and, as we contemplate our relationships with others and with the Divine, questions about penitence, forgiveness, change, and mortality itself inevitably arise.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 by David Ignatius | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The dismissal of Egyptian General Murad Muwafi eliminates a former negotiator with Israel and demonstrates the Muslim Brotherhood’s increasing control over the military. Sacred Spa(ce)
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 by Allison Hoffman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Imagine a place where Jews can go in times of illness, mourning, divorce, gender reassignment; to think about intimacy, body image, fertility . . . . Meet the new mikveh.