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Ekev: The Turning PointWednesday, August 8, 2012 by Torah Talk with Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
"If" the Israelites obey the Lord, they will be blessed (of course). But this week's unusual word for "if"—ekev—signals something more. (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:11:46
Inventing Pluralist America
With the United States of 2012 more culturally diverse than ever, it is tempting to think that the country’s social pluralism was foreordained. After all, aren’t we a nation of immigrants?
Strife in the SinaiWednesday, August 8, 2012 by Kevin Zdiara | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
With the United States of 2012 more culturally diverse than ever, it is tempting to think that the country’s social pluralism was foreordained. After all, aren’t we a nation of immigrants?
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 by Abigail Hauslohner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In the two years prior to Sunday’s attack which left 16 Egyptian soldiers dead, Bedouin leaders had reported a resurgence in al-Qaeda affiliates operating in the peninsula.Fans or Voyeurs?
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 by Ilana Sichel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Ex-Orthodox women’s literature is becoming an unlikely subgenre of its own, but the quality of the writing is not quite keeping pace with its popularity.Jewish-Born Catholic Theologians
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 by Alan Brill | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
While the revolution in the Vatican’s attitude to Jews, led by converts from Judaism, was by no means inevitable, the changes in Catholic doctrine are here to stay.Fatah’s Uncertain Future
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
With the Palestinian Authority saying one thing to Israel and another to its grassroots in Fatah, it may not be long before Fatah turns against it—in armed struggle.The Dignity of the Individual
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 by Joseph B. Soloveitchik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In which the Rov rejects the death penalty for the Rosenbergs, says that slander in political elections is forbidden, and admits personal tension between his ideal of dignity and his impatience with the less educated. (1959; lecture notes)