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Not-So-Young AdultThursday, April 25, 2013 by Diane Cole | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
With remarkable sensitivity and clarity, Israeli novelist Nava Semel portrays children in Mandate Palestine working as hard as they can to make sense of a post-Holocaust, pre-state limbo.
Thursday, April 25, 2013 by Yoran Yanover | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Archeologists believe that a First-Temple-era column discovered south of Jerusalem could form part of a buried Davidic palace. So why is the Israel Antiquities Authority keeping it a secret?Steinhardt Goes To Sotheby’s
Thursday, April 25, 2013 by Jeannie Rosenfeld | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An auction of the finest pieces from philanthropist Michael Steinhardt's Judaica collection will take place on Monday. It is the most significant of its kind in 50 years.The Indignity of Dependence
Thursday, April 25, 2013 by Jonathan Sacks | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"Judaism recognizes that unemployment has a psychological as well as economic dimension. As a matter of religious principle, job creation must be at the center of any long-term welfare policy."Where Rashi Meets Freud
Thursday, April 25, 2013 by Gil Student | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Ramban holds that all temptations are equally dangerous. But, for Rashi, "Holiness derives from libidal discipline."God’s New Home
Thursday, April 25, 2013 by Nathan Lopes Cardozo | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"Synagogues are no longer His primary residence. He is moving in with the young people who have a sense that He is there but cannot yet find Him."
Orthodox Schooling: What Do We Know?Wednesday, April 24, 2013 by Yoel Finkelman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
80 percent of American Jewish day school students are Orthodox, but there is little research on the state of Orthodox education—because the Orthodox community has never funded it.
