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Noah: The Too-Tall Tower

The builders of the Tower of Babel had their work cut out for them. The alluvial plain of Mesopotamia (formed by the Flood) had no quarries that would yield monumental stone. Instead, they molded and fired bricks and substituted raw bitumen for mortar. Through the power of technological ingenuity, they freed themselves from their environmental constraints. By ordinary standards, and notwithstanding their exaggerated hopes for the height of their planned tower with its "head in the heavens," they would seem to have been in line for applause and congratulations. Buyer’s Remorse?

Disenchanted with President Obama, substantial numbers of Jewish voters have closed their wallets and say they will also sit out the November election. (Part one of a five-part series.)Press Under Pressure

A New Jersey Jewish newspaper ran into fierce criticism when it decided to publish same-sex marriage announcements, and fiercer criticism when it decided to stop. Trial Run

More than six decades after its intended release, a film documenting the 10-month trial at Nuremberg of many of the Nazi regime's most notorious criminals is now appearing in American theaters.Self-Made Men

The names of many Jewish immigrants were changed upon coming to America; contrary to legend, however, they were changed by the immigrants themselves. Nor is this the only legend of its kind in Jewish history.The Other Existential Threat

The mere possession of a nuclear weapon by Iran would restore Jews to a condition in which their futures once again depended primarily on the choices made by their enemies.Clergy Monopoly

Centralized searches by American denominations to fill the position of rabbi are not only illogical, they're illegal.Forbidden Fruit

Apple, etrog, fig, grape? A Yiddish biblical commentary asks which fruit Eve really ate. (From the forthcoming Fall issue.)Jews on Deck

A new baseball documentary reminds us that before the era when public schools would shut down for Yom Kippur, there were Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax.