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Black Hats and Cassocks

Prudent, measured insularity is not asceticism, and Haredim aren't monks.Common Denominator

Across denominational lines, rabbis are facing the same problems—and are actually working together to solve them.A Serious Man

One day Hilton Kramer appeared to drop off his copy in person at the New Leader offices. The editor asked him if he knew anyone who was looking for a job. "Actually, I do," he said. "Me."Megalopolis

Is the solution to Israel's housing crisis the creation of a mega-city encompassing much of central Israel?Sally Priesand and the Reality Principle

Forty years ago, the first woman rabbi intended to get married and have children, and planned to have a nursery next to her synagogue office. Reality turned out to be different.The Revolutionary Imperative and the Non-Jewish Jew

The Balfour Declaration and the October Revolution happened within days of each other. Which path were Jews with a social conscience to follow?Policy Repercussions

How will Israel's new national unity government pursue policy vis-à-vis domestic issues, Iran, the Palestinians, and U.S.-Israel relations?American Hebrew Poetry?

One of the best-kept secrets of Jewish American history is the creation of an indigenous Hebrew poetry in the first half of the 20th century.Civil Marriage Coming to Israel?

Israeli opinion on gay marriage appears to be liberalizing, and Obama's endorsement of same-sex marriage has already sparked debate in the Knesset.Judaism’s Sexual Revolution

When Judaism demanded that all sexual activity be channeled into heterosexual marriage, it changed the world—and made Western civilization possible. (1993)