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The Elephant in the Mosque

Mahmoud Abbas' recent agreement with King Abdullah II reaffirms Jordanian jurisdiction over the Al-Aqsa compound but ignores Jordan's Palestinian dilemma.The Retrospective

"Do you no longer believe in a world of transcendence . . . so much so that you are mired in the mundane and the obvious?  For example, in the film Potatoes . . . your main characters eat lunch for 16 minutes." (Fiction)Buried at Sea

Discovered by a sonar survey in 2003, researchers have confirmed the existence of an ancient stone monument weighing 60,000 tons—underneath the Kinneret.What the New Atheists Ignore

"I am still waiting for a single atheist group to open a hospital or school, offer free health clinics, beds for the homeless, food for the hungry, or transportation for the elderly."Torah in the Knesset

"Yesh Atid is trying to bring about an environment where mentioning God or our classic sources doesn’t mean that the next step is we’re forcing religion on you." (Interview by Elliot Resnick)Meshaal, the Moderate?

Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal rejects peace with Israel, refusing to "relinquish an inch" of land.  But Egypt has guaranteed his re-election in the hope of avoiding war.Helga’s Diary

A child in Prague in the 1930s, Helga Weiss kept a diary of life under Nazi rule and her subsequent experiences in Terezin and Auschwitz.  Now, 70 years later, she has published it.Rationalizing the Commandments

The Pseudepigraphal Book of Jubilees, a retelling of Genesis, explains the Torah's commandments in terms of God's covenant with the Patriarchs.“I Used to Be an Islamist”

"The imam evoked the oppression of the umma who had to fight for the liberation of Palestine.  He forcefully spoke of the accursed Jews; the inevitable recapture of Spain; and finally the Islamization of Europe."Defying the Demographers

Demographers have long projected an Arab majority west of the Jordan River.  But, today, Jewish fertility is surging as Arab birth rates collapse.