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Back From HeavenWednesday, April 25, 2012 by Micah Stein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In May 2011, Gallup conducted its annual "Values and Beliefs" poll, seeking to quantify religious demographics and beliefs in America. One question struck a national nerve, eliciting a consensus that defied religious or cultural distinctions. The question: Do you believe in heaven? The answer: Yes, overwhelmingly.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 by Yoel Finkelman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new study offers a strong focus on the faults inherent in Orthodox masculinity without adequate discussion of its strengths.War Diary
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 by Matti Friedman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"Arab Legion reported to be trying to smoke out the Haganah who had entered underground channels . . ." Excerpts from a British clergyman's 1948 journal.Standards and Practices
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 by Shlomo Brody | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The idea that one may convert without intent to carry out mitzvot is a minority opinion.Klein’s Nachtmusik
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 by Ezra Glinter | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"May my publisher be drowned in ink, may he be crushed between presses, may the printer's devil take him"—and other dyspeptic dispatches from A.M. Klein.I’m Waiting for the Ham
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 by Raphael Fuchs | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Some Jewish sources suggest that pig will one day be kosher. Come again?
A Room of Their OwnTuesday, April 24, 2012 by Yoel Finkelman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The editors of B'hadrei Haredim, a website whose name could be loosely translated as Haredi "private rooms," are supposed to be the good guys—the people who are leading the Haredi community in new and positive directions. These are the individuals who turned a tiny chat room into a major news site.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 by Philologos | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"In English my name means hope," says the heroine of Sandra Cisneros's House on Mango Street. What does it mean in Yiddish?Breaking up Monopolies
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel just passed legislation that, over time, may dramatically reduce the cost of living by increasing competition. And nobody noticed.The Practice of Musar
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 by Geoffrey Claussen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Conservative movement likes to see itself as intellectual one. But it might have something to learn from a 19th-century movement of strenuous moral development.
