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Aharei Mot: When a Scapegoat is Not EnoughWednesday, April 13, 2011 by Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
This week's portion describes one of the most curious rituals found anywhere in the Bible, that of the "scapegoat." It would seem to be a reparative procedure, since the Lord commands it to Moses "after the death of Aaron's two sons": that is, Nadav and Avihu, who (as we learned earlier and are reminded here) were killed after bringing "strange fire" to the altar.Iron Dome’s Partial Answer
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The missile-defense system is another example of how Israel has turned the liability of terrorist threats into an opportunity for technological innovation.Vanished World
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 by Jonathan Kirsch | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Panorama, an ironic and stirring novel by the Holocaust survivor H.G.Adler, is an earnest effort to enter a mystery that is ultimately impenetrable. The Damascus Dilemma
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 by Itamar Rabinovich | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel's attitude toward the turmoil in Syria must be seen against the backdrop of aborted peace initiatives and the double game played by the Assads.Stumbling Blocks
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 by Winston Pickett | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
More than 27,000 memorial plaques have been laid all over Germany as a reminder of the Jews who once lived in the midst of their countrymen.
A Chosen People?Tuesday, April 12, 2011 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Within months of Israel's lightning victory in the June 1967 war, French President Charles de Gaulle was asked for his judgment of the dramatically new situation created by the triumph of the Jewish state over its enemies. Still smarting from Israel's refusal to heed his advice and wait passively for the Arab armies to attack, de Gaulle labeled the Jews "an elite people, sure of themselves and domineering."
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 by Michael Medved | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The impulse to revise and update the prescribed Passover service remains unquenchable, yielding results that range from the odd to the preposterous.
Telling Jewish TimeMonday, April 11, 2011 by Allan Nadler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The most acclaimed Jewish Bible commentary opens with a question. Why, asks Rashi (1040–1105), does the Torah begin with the account of creation, when it should properly have begun with God's revelation of His very first law to Moses on the eve of the Exodus from Egypt: "This month shall be for you the first of months"?
Monday, April 11, 2011 by Eran Davidi | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An Israeli who has been living in New York is giving up the comforts of America and going home to be "part of something big; bigger than you, and sometimes bigger than logic."Eichmann’s Victims
Monday, April 11, 2011 by Franklin Foer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
By providing the first opportunity to hear from Holocaust survivors at length, the trial of Adolf Eichmann shook the world.
