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The Covenantal Thought of David HartmanThursday, February 21, 2013 by Ari Ackerman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
By treating the covenant between God and the Jewish people as a partnership, David Hartman found room for autonomy alongside halakhic observance.
Thursday, February 21, 2013 by Chaim Lindenblatt | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Megillat Ta'anit, the Scroll of Fasting, prohibits fasting the day before Purim. So, why do we observe the Fast of Esther?Why Are We Still Fasting?
Thursday, February 21, 2013 by Daniel Pinner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Both Purim and Pesach celebrate the deliverance of the Jewish people. But the fast preceding each festival reminds us that "to achieve redemption, we first have to go through a measure of suffering."America’s New Jewish Secularism
Thursday, February 21, 2013 by Barry A. Kosmin and Ariela Keysar | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new book says that American Jews, free of previous generations’ pressure to assimilate, are producing a vibrant secular Jewish culture whose continued growth "seems assured."Misuses of the Holocaust
Thursday, February 21, 2013 by Peter Berger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"Is the Holocaust of European Jewry during World War II an absolutely unique event? Or may it properly be used to refer to other events of mass massacres?"Searching for Sodom
Using biblical clues to search for ancient Sodom, archeologists excavated Tall el-Hammam in Jordan—and found evidence of a sudden and extreme conflagration over 3,000 years ago.
