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Kashering the First Kitchen

First, spritz the kitchen's stainless steel counters with disinfectant. Scrub vigorously. So begins the nearly four-hour drill to make the White House's kitchen kosher for its Hanukkah party.No More Peace Treaties

If there is one thing the Arab uprisings have shown it is that the foreign policy model that provides arms to dictators in exchange for political and economic friendship is unsustainable.Hanukkah Lights 2011

In this collection of brand-new stories, a bookish schoolboy finds a streak of defiance, a young woman learns new joy, and a few desperate men take comfort in a quiet ceremony. (Audio) Elephants and Homo erectus

A cave near Tel Aviv may offer up evidence that modern man first emerged not in Africa but in the Middle East—because of a scarcity of elephant meat.Wrong Assumptions

A new report on intermarriage provides no evidence that the supposed cold shoulder that intermarried families receive is the cause of their staggeringly high rates of non-affiliation.Revoking Ordination

A doctor's license can be suspended and a lawyer can be disbarred. Is there any recourse against a malpracticing rabbi?Broken Barometers

Linus Pauling scoffed at Dan Shechtman: "There is no such thing as quasicrystals, only quasi-scientists." Now Shechtman has collected his Nobel Prize—and Hillary Clinton should take heed.Sound Tracks

The so-called authentic Hebrew pronunciation that prevailed in Israel's schools was simply a version of the Ashkenazic speakers' attempt to sound more Sephardic.Diaspora and Disagreement

It was never enough for Zionists to proclaim the virtues of life in Israel—they had to argue that Jews could only expect assimilation or anti-Semitism from the Diaspora. Were they wrong?