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The Hate That Dare Not Speak Its Name

When Gore Vidal came more or less fully out of the anti-Semitic closet, he still thought it the better part of prudence to protect himself by posing as the spokesman for a minority which was being persecuted by the Jews. (1986)Act of God?

Scientists studying the Dead Sea have found that 3,200 years ago in Canaan, a significant drought coincided with the collapse of the urban economy—and conquest by the Israelites. Ten Years after the Hebrew University Bombing

“July 31, 2002—the 22nd of Av, 5762—was a cruel twist in the Jewish calendar. Instead of nahamu, the comfort we all needed, we had our own Tisha b’Av.”  (Addendum: “A Jewish narrative of pain and destruction is incomplete without an infusion of hope.”)The $100,000 Tree

Mindful of the Torah's prohibition against chopping down fruit trees unnecessarily, one man in Brooklyn has avoided uprooting a mulberry tree by building his house around it.Reading the Talmud in Tehran

After the Vice President of Iran's claim that narcotic abuse stems from the Talmud was challenged, he responded that he wasn't attacking "authentic" Jews—just Zionists.Bible Boom

Israeli journalists are embarrassed by the Bible’s popularity, and petrified that so many people feel the text is relevant.Jewish Studies without Jews

The Lithuanian government lavishes funding on museums dedicated to commemorating the country's extinct Jewish culture.  The problem is that Lithuania's Jewish culture is still alive.Defining Religious Liberty Down

"If you want to fine Catholic hospitals for following Catholic teaching, or prevent Jewish parents from circumcising their sons, or ban Chick-fil-A in Boston, then don’t tell religious people that you respect our freedoms."Josephus: Traitor or Victim?

While Jews have sometimes viewed Josephus as disloyal, the Talmud offers no opinion on the general who surrendered to the Romans—perhaps because suicide would have been halakhically worse than defection. IOU, IOC

Thanking the Olympic Committee for its decision not to commemorate the PLO's 1972 massacre of Israeli athletes, the Palestinian Authority wrote that "sports is a bridge for . . . peace between peoples."