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“More Loathsome”The Palestinian Authority’s newspaper routinely compares Zionism to Nazism, while at the same time denying the Holocaust—all thanks to funding from the U.S. and the EU.Jesus Married? No Surprise
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 by Bernard Starr | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Avowed celibacy would be a more shocking discovery about Jesus and his Jewish followers than marriage.Women of Valor
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 by Vered Ramon-Rivlin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
While most armies remain male-dominated, women have always played a significant role in the IDF—even in the undercover field units of the Mossad. Listening to Jonah
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 by Devora Steinmetz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
“Jonah’s words give voice to our doubts about our own capacity to deserve forgiveness.”Rav Ovadia’s Revolution
“Like Coca-Cola, l’havdil”: A video documentary on the idiosyncratic, infuriating genius of the Baghdadi gaon and the transformation of Sephardic Jewry in Israel.
Happy Yom Kippur to You?Tuesday, September 25, 2012 by Shlomo M. Brody | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
"Happy" is certainly not the first word that comes to mind for most of us when we describe our Yom Kippur experience. After all, the Torah commands us to afflict ourselves on this day (Leviticus 23:26-31).
Teshuvah: Progress or Return?Monday, September 24, 2012 by Jonathan Ziring | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
While in theory the blowing of the High Holiday shofar should be enough to “awaken us from our slumber” and move us to repentance, in practice most people need to look to other sources to enable them to rethink the way they live or their understanding of repentance itself.
