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Crime and (Eternal) PunishmentFriday, June 22, 2012 by George Dvorsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Research shows that genuine belief in a punitive God is an effective deterrent to crimeScholarship at the Fault Line
Friday, June 22, 2012 by Monica Osborne | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
English departments and literary studies curricula have yet to acknowledge the significance of Jewish and midrashic thought to their disciplines.Elephant in the Room
Friday, June 22, 2012 by Gil Shefler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel's Presidential Conference hosted discussions about the Jewish future with representatives of all Jewish denominations—or, all except Judaism's fastest-growing demographic.
When Jews Became DoctorsFriday, June 22, 2012 by Jacob Friedman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The study of medicine has fascinated the Jewish imagination for centuries, from the mysterious remedies of the Talmud to the medieval medical practice of Maimonides and the modern age of my-son-the-doctor bragging rights.
Thursday, June 21, 2012 by Shalom Carmy, Avi Woolf, and Yitzchak Blau | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
When the Beatles sang "fun is the one thing that money can't buy," they meant something beyond the passive absorption of an inexhaustible stream of mass-produced sights and sounds. (PDF)A People of One Book
Thursday, June 21, 2012 by Walter Arnstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Timothy Larsen aims to demonstrate the immense religiosity of Victorian England—but, if anything, he understates the case.Hanging in the Balance
Thursday, June 21, 2012 by Philologos | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Ethics of the Fathers teach that the evidence on each side of a case be weighed fairly; but what do we do when it is too close to call?For the Love of God
Thursday, June 21, 2012 by Warren Zev Harvey | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
While the Bible time and again proclaims God's love for Israel, Aristotle denied that God was capable of anything so deficient as feeling—all of which was a headache for the Jewish medievals. (Interview)
The Last Holy RebelThursday, June 21, 2012 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Some years ago, a friend asked what I thought was the more impressive title: "Rabbi," "Doctor," or (the often unwittingly self-parodying) "Rabbi Dr." You know, I said, there's a man in Israel who's one of the most impressive talmidei hakhamim I've ever known—and he's not "Rabbi" or "Doctor."
Thursday, June 21, 2012 by Eetta Prince-Gibson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Abortion is one issue that has never figured in Israel's political campaigns. But recent calls for a public debate threaten to open a new fault line.