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Holding Fast to Tisha b’Av
Thursday, July 19, 2012 by Zvi Leshem | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

At what stage can we conclude that the Exile is over, and that we no longer have to torment ourselves with fasting?
West Bank U.
Thursday, July 19, 2012 by Ira Sharkansky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Think political resistance to a university in Ariel will be bad?  It might pale in comparison to academic antagonism from Israel’s seven competing universities . . . 
Doing Social Justice Doing Social Justice
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Some years ago, when I was helping the daughter of friends prepare for her bat mitzvah, we got to talking about her ‘‘bat mitzvah project.’’  She confided that while her parents wanted her to do something Jewish, she wanted to do something related to social justice.  I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.