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The Rabbis vs. the Reconstructionist

In 1945, a group of Orthodox rabbis transformed the face of American Jewish religion by burning Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan's Sabbath Prayer Book and excommunicating its author. (PDF)Scroll Through

The Israel Antiquities Authority is partnering with Google to digitize the entire collection of Dead Sea Scroll manuscripts for online public viewing.Forgetting the Victims

The architecture of the Los Angeles Holocaust Museum, open this week, strives to create an emotional experience, not to convey a message; at whose expense?Ale Trail

Ancient Israel's affinity for beer.Tutu’s Legacy

The South African archbishop, who retired last week at seventy-nine, is an internationally celebrated champion of human rights—also, a bigoted and relentless fulminator against Israel and the Jews.Talking about the Intifada

How much should young, enthusiastic visitors to Israel, who are there to learn and to have fun, be told about the horrors of the second intifada and their lasting imprint on the Israeli spirit?Vayera: Did Abraham Keep Kosher? (Do Angels?)

By Moshe Sokolow It was the prophet Isaiah who conferred on Abraham and Sarah the honorific titles of metaphysical first parents, saying: "Listen to me, you who pursue justice and seek God; look toward the rock whence you were hewn and toward the pit whence you were dug. Look toward Abraham, your father, and toward Sarah, who bore you" (Isaiah 51:1-2). Indeed, the relentless pursuit of justice and a persistent, often pernickety, commitment to the traditional religious beliefs and cultural mores modeled by these ancestors have lasted with the Jewish people throughout the ages. Will It Play in Boro Park?

What not to do when courting the Orthodox Jewish vote.Another Japanese Schindler?

Newly discovered photos in the diary of a World War II Japanese tourism official are thought to be of Jews he helped to escape from Nazi Europe.