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T’rumah: God Among MenWednesday, February 13, 2013 by Torah Talk with Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
God chooses to live among the Israelites—but what kind of place does He want? (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:11:01
Is Judah Halevi’s Kuzari Racist?Wednesday, February 13, 2013 by Ari Ackerman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
A recent attempt to redeem the Kuzari from the charge of ethnocentrism raises the question as to whether Jewish texts should be reinterpreted to accord with modern sensibilities.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 by Brad Hirschfield | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Pope Benedict XVI antagonized some Jewish leaders. But he confronted the Holocaust and the Church's historic persecution of Jews with honesty and integrity.Something In the Water
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 by David Newman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
This winter's heavy rains gave Israel a brief respite from water scarcity, but the country's water conservation policy is overdue for reform. Morsi: Hamas’ Best Friend?
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 by Benedetta Berti | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Mohamed Morsi is more hostile to Israel, and closer to Hamas, than Mubarak. Still, the relationship between Egypt and Gaza is more complex than it seems.Tel Aviv, We Have Lift-Off
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 by David Shamah | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
SpaceIL is determined to make Israel the fourth country in the world to land a vessel on the moon—and plans to do it by 2015.Move Over, Jerusalem and Athens
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 by Joseph Bottum | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"We may still derive an intellectual and spiritual geography from such ideas as Athens and Jerusalem. But we are able to do so only because they are nodes in the empire of Ancient Rome."
