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Clinton’s Courtesy Call?

Hillary Clinton’s visit to Israel is not about drumming up votes before the presidential election, but rather represents the latest attempt by the Obama administration to prevent an Israeli strike on Iran.Dentistry, ca. 200 B.C.E.

In a mass grave in the northern Negev desert, a skull was found that contains one of the earliest known dental fillings: a 2.5-millimeter bronze wire inserted into the tooth’s canal.Boycott? What Boycott?

Although the Co-Op supermarket chain might be costing Israel the value of a few oranges, trade between the UK and Israel—spearheaded by the British government—is booming.Learning Law Young

Jewish day schools provide students with the functional equivalent of a first-year law school curriculum. (Video)Obama Peaces Out

“Mr. President, what lessons have you learned [from three years of trying to broker an Israeli-Arab peace]?” the president of the Rabbinical Council of America asked.  “That it’s really hard,” Obama said.  May Gentiles Learn Torah?

An age-old question assumes new guises in our era, such as the case of non-halakhically Jewish children enrolled in Jewish schools.  Interfaith Insults

Although Europe’s Jews weren’t keen on Christians—for good reason—Yiddish terminology places more emphasis on differentiating Jews than insulting their neighbors.Are “Nigeria’s Jews” Jewish?

Caught in the crossfire between the Muslim North and the Christian West, all the Igbo want from the world’s Jews is recognition.  But are their aims political or religious?  Following Yoni Netanyahu

A new film about the prime minister’s slain brother throws fresh light not only on a formidable young life, but on the family that has come to dominate Israeli politics.  The Man behind the Reference Desk

A career librarian at Yeshiva University reflects on the evolution of American Orthodoxy, Chabad, and what the Black Power movement gave the Jews. (Interview by Elliot Resnick)