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Breaking up Monopolies

Israel just passed legislation that, over time, may dramatically reduce the cost of living by increasing competition. And nobody noticed.The Practice of Musar

The Conservative movement likes to see itself as intellectual one. But it might have something to learn from a 19th-century movement of strenuous moral development.On the Roots of Israel’s Culture Wars

The ongoing conflict between religious and secular worldviews expresses itself in competing visions of Israel's system of law. (Interview by David Green)In Your Face

Eyes that spurn yet inviteLike spikes in the sunlightOf Manhattan's high-rise—Babylon's ladies outshineDaughters of Jerusalem,Zion is no easy climbThe Eternal Return

The relationship between the United States and Israel is fracturing. The president is pressuring the Jewish state to make painful concessions in return for vague agreements.  Israeli leaders worry that the support of a formerly reliable constituency—American Jews—is slipping away.The year is 1975.Hail to the Chief?

Now that modern-day Judaism is losing ground as a uniform community in Britain, many are asking whether the chief rabbi can—or should—continue to try to unite Jewry under a single umbrella.Blurring the Line

How does the media whitewash Muslim persecution of Christians? One way is to evoke "sectarian strife," a phrase that conjures images of two equally matched adversaries fighting.There’s a Key in My Challah!

Does the post-Passover tradition known as "shliss challah" derive from symbolic readings of the season's texts—or, rather, is it a Christian symbol of Jesus rising in the dough?  “Christ at the Checkpoint”

A growing movement seeks to align evangelical Christians with the Palestinian cause.Bon Voyage?

Flaubert and other nineteenth-century French travelers in Palestine groused about wild dogs, the hygiene of the locals, the blight of tourism, and the taste of Dead Sea water.