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“The Sickening Question”: God, Cancer, and Us “The Sickening Question”: God, Cancer, and Us
Monday, April 4, 2011 by Eve Levavi Feinstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Many scholars of the Bible and ancient Judaism prefer to focus exclusively on ancient texts and the world that produced them, refraining from engaging with the implications of their work for contemporary religious life. James L. Kugel has never been one of those scholars.
A New Battleground
Monday, April 4, 2011 by Daniel Gordis | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

An alarming number of American rabbinical students—whose influence will ultimately be felt nationally—are drifting toward active anti-Zionism.
The Last Folio
Monday, April 4, 2011 by Stephanie Butnick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

On a trip to interview Holocaust survivors, a photographer uncovered prayer books untouched since the deportation of Slovakia's Jews to concentration camps. (With slideshow)
Beta Country
Monday, April 4, 2011 by Saul Singer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The co-author of Start-Up Nation delineates the qualities that underlie Israelis' phenomenal capacity for innovation. (Interview by David Horovitz)    
The Other Frank Sister
Monday, April 4, 2011 by Levi Brackman and Rivkah Lubitch | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Though no trace of it has ever been found, Anne Frank's elder sister is also believed to have kept a diary during the family's years in hiding.
Do-It-Yourself Jihad
Friday, April 1, 2011 by Steven Stalinsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The fifth issue of al-Qaeda's magazine features articles by Ayman al-Zawahiri and Anwar al-Awlaki along with its usual blend of how-to, inspiration, and twisted political analysis.
Varieties of Jewish Experience
Friday, April 1, 2011 by Philologos | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Have Jews, like their Christian counterparts, had sects, movements, groups, and denominations?
Star Treatment
Friday, April 1, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

France's former diversity adviser wants Muslims to wear a star as a sign of their mistreatment by French society, seemingly unaware that the symbol originated with Muslim degradation of Jews.
A House for Rav Kook
Friday, April 1, 2011 by Aaron I. Reichel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Now converted into a museum, the home of the first chief rabbi of Israel was built at the unlikely suggestion of the British government's high commissioner for Palestine.
First Things First
Friday, April 1, 2011 by Todd Hasak-Lowy | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

An Israeli novelist has written a secular guide to biblical "firsts"; the work has a number of worthwhile stops along the way but fails to lead to any particular destination.
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