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National Torah Service

For one Hasidic rebbe, ultra-Orthodox men should serve in the Israeli Defense Forces on one condition: that secular Israelis enlist in a parallel effort of Torah study.  The Biggest Jewish Genetic Myths

Ashkenazi Jews are not real Jews; Jews live longer than others; Jews have more red hair than the Irish; we all descend from Eve: only one of these statements is true.What Britain Really Thinks of Israel

While David Cameron may claim that Britain is a steadfast friend of Israel, new leaked documents from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office tell a different story.The “Kosher for Passover” Tombstone

It was the stuff of urban legend in Namibia two decades ago, but elders of the country's Jewish community insisted it was true.Europe’s Zionist Anti-Semites

Although Europe’s hard Right parties remain hostile to European Jewry, they are equally critical of the EU’s unsympathetic approach to Israel—and have gone to Israel to say so.       Halakhic Jews and Modern Time

You might not have noticed it, but an unusual event happened at about 7:00 p.m. in New York this past Shabbat, June 30, 2012: we experienced a leap second.“A Great Compliment Paid the Jews”

In July 1788, New York State’s ratification of the U.S. Constitution was far from a sure thing. But its supporters still postponed a huge parade out of respect for a Jewish fast day (observed again this Sunday).    All Quiet on the Hamas Front?

While Gaza’s terrorist overlords remain implacably opposed to the very existence of the Jewish state, over the last fifteen months Israel and Hamas have found themselves facing common enemies.Inquisition Tourism

Five hundred years after the expulsion of Jews, and twenty since their official readmittance, scarcely any Jews live in Spain today. But a new tourist campaign hopes at least to bring them back on vacation.A Martyr’s Death for Arafat?

Despite the most recent conspiracy theory, Fatah’s old guard has much greater reason to claim that Yasser Arafat was poisoned than Israel ever had to assassinate him.