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The Black-Hat UndergroundMonday, May 6, 2013 by Yoel Finkelman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The likely closure of Aderaba, the magazine by, for, and about frustrated Israeli ba’alei teshuvah, demonstrates that the mainstream haredi community is too great to overcome—for now.
Monday, May 6, 2013 by Mark Stout | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Engineers have accused Israel's missile defense system, Iron Dome, of far lower interception rates than the IDF claims. But its real success might not be physical, but psychological.The Rav and the Rabbinate
Monday, May 6, 2013 by Jeffrey Saks | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Asked why he had considered, and rejected, standing to be Israel's chief rabbi, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik explained: "In my great naiveté, I dreamed of being able to democratize the rabbinate in Israel."The Paradox of Choice
Monday, May 6, 2013 by Peter Berger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"Judaism in America is faced with a paradox: Traditionally understood, being a Jew is a matter of destiny . . . But in American society today, remaining a Jew is in fact a matter of choice."God, Your Healer
Monday, May 6, 2013 by Daniel Eisenberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Shulhan Arukh states, "the Torah gives permission to the physician to heal; moreover, this is a mitzvah." But how does that square with the Jewish conception of God as the ultimate healer?Rehabilitating Fagin
Monday, May 6, 2013 by Charles Drazin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Charles Dickens regretted having associated Fagin's malice so closely with his being Jewish—which has forced modern adaptations to recast the Oliver Twist villain as a loveable rogue.
