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Trailing the Rabbis’ BreadcrumbsThursday, April 5, 2012 by Judith Shulevitz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
What is man? He who is capable of searching inside himself. What does he search for? Some dark or foreign matter that he has put there himself. With what does he search? The light of God, which is also in himself.
Like a Player
Sports fans and religious adherents often speak the same language—of allegiance and passion, drama and catharsis, belief and faith, idols and icons, shrines and cathedrals, curses and blasphemy. When these two empires intersect, it is no surprise that there is often a struggle for primacy.
The Patrilineal PredicamentThursday, April 5, 2012 by Elli Fischer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Sports fans and religious adherents often speak the same language—of allegiance and passion, drama and catharsis, belief and faith, idols and icons, shrines and cathedrals, curses and blasphemy. When these two empires intersect, it is no surprise that there is often a struggle for primacy.
Thursday, April 5, 2012 by Naomi Zeveloff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Nearly three decades after the Reform movement's landmark decision to accept patrilineal Jews, statistics confirm that the worst fears of critics have come true.Arab Fairy Tales
Thursday, April 5, 2012 by Lyn Julius | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In countries that ethnically cleansed their Jews, the media now hail the restoration of Jewish buildings as somehow indicative of pluralism and tolerance.The Exodusters
Thursday, April 5, 2012 by Yoram Ettinger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Three of the Founding Fathers proposed a U.S. seal depicting Moses and the Israelites crossing the Red Sea, with the inscription: "Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God."Theater of the Absurd
Thursday, April 5, 2012 by Danny Ayalon | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The world's worst human rights offenders have hijacked the UN Human Rights Council, and Israel isn't going to put up with it any more.The Rabbi Who Writes Too Much
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 by Gary Shapiro | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Just how pronounced is the graphomania of Rabbi Eliezer Shlomo Schick? One professor found 954 titles by Schick in the catalog of the National Library of Israel—and those were just the ones in Hebrew.Will Churches Boycott Israel?
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 by Giulio Meotti | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The five biggest mainline Protestant denominations in the United States have all debated or adopted policies intended to divest from or boycott Israel. And much will be decided in the next few months. And It Came to Pass at Midnight
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 by Michael Pitkowsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Audio and video of several renditions of "Karev Yom," a Byzantine-era piyyut sung at the end of the seder.
Reading between the Lists
As long as humans have been writing, humans have been making lists and ranking things. The new Daily Beast/Newsweek list of "America's Top 50 Rabbis for 2012" is, like most American lists, whether of rabbis, cars, or colleges, designed to shape reality as much as reflect it.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
As long as humans have been writing, humans have been making lists and ranking things. The new Daily Beast/Newsweek list of "America's Top 50 Rabbis for 2012" is, like most American lists, whether of rabbis, cars, or colleges, designed to shape reality as much as reflect it.