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How to Talk about Israel at Harvard

Hint: Forget the humanities departments.What Kind of Jewish Name is Shylock?

The question has engaged scholars since the 18th century, leading to some very creative theories.Up

One New York woman who has "done Hagbah" is a physical trainer who lifts weights and teaches Pilates. Yet when she raised the Torah, she says, "I was shaking."Bloc Party

New York's ultra-Orthodox citizens don't watch TV or follow sports. What do they pay attention to? Politics. And more and more, politicians are paying attention back.The Times and Kenneth Libo

"The horror," the historian said, "is to find a one-column headline on Page 16 of the New York Times saying, ‘One Million Jews Killed.'"What a Friend We Have in Jesus

Until very recently, scholarly work on the Jewishness of Christianity has been a largely Christian project, but over the past fifty years, in ever-larger numbers, Jewish scholars have joined in.The Stranger in Our Midst

Even if we cannot eradicate the complexity of our tradition's attitude to conversion, we must understand the pain it causes for those who seek to join us.Lies, Damn Lies, and Middle East Memoirs

Gary Sick's success is indicative of how lucrative stridently politicized pseudo-research on the Middle East can be.Darkness Visible

Himmler and Heydrich were careerists. This is not to say they were not anti-Semitic: They were, rabidly so. But fanatical anti-Semitism was also a good career move in Nazi Germany.Cyrus the Unappreciated Great

No Gentile is treated with such reverence in the Bible as Cyrus. But his example shows just how alien Iran's recent rulers are to the long history of Persia and its people.