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The New Jewish LeadersFriday, April 5, 2013 by Hal M. Lewis | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Distinguished scholars profile the new generation of American Jewish leaders, from the ages of 22 to 40, and ask how they differ from the leaders of the generation past. But who counts as a Jewish leader?
Friday, April 5, 2013 by Up Ben Caspit | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
“The bottom line is that the soldier came home and started a new life, and Israeli society held firm to the solidarity for which is it famous.”The Storyteller’s Gift
Friday, April 5, 2013 by Robert Pinsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Retrospective, the new novel by Israeli writer A.B. Yehoshua, “undertakes to conjure nothing less than the enigmatic, irresistible majesty of the past that governs human action.”Memorializing the Rav
Friday, April 5, 2013 by David Shatz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On the occasion of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik's 20th yahrzeit, some thoughts on how his thought will be conveyed to a generation that did not know him.Mimouna: Gold and Leavened Bread
Friday, April 5, 2013 by Ari Enkin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The traditional post-Pesach celebration by Moroccan Jews may commemorate Maimonides’ father—or the Egyptian gold that washed up on the shore of the Red Sea.Another Post-Pesach Celebration
Friday, April 5, 2013 by Gabriel T. Erbs | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Two craft brewers near Portland, Oregon, celebrate Passover’s end by making Matzobraü, with crushed-up leftover matzah added to the fermenting mash. Only whole wheat matzah, of course.
The Jewish Civil WarThursday, April 4, 2013 by Diane Cole | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
One of the tragedies of the American Civil War was that it pitted friends and family members against one another. American Jews were not immune from the internecine bitterness. A new exhibition tells their story.
