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Elephants and Homo erectus

A cave near Tel Aviv may offer up evidence that modern man first emerged not in Africa but in the Middle East—because of a scarcity of elephant meat.Wrong Assumptions

A new report on intermarriage provides no evidence that the supposed cold shoulder that intermarried families receive is the cause of their staggeringly high rates of non-affiliation.Revoking Ordination

A doctor's license can be suspended and a lawyer can be disbarred. Is there any recourse against a malpracticing rabbi?Broken Barometers

Linus Pauling scoffed at Dan Shechtman: "There is no such thing as quasicrystals, only quasi-scientists." Now Shechtman has collected his Nobel Prize—and Hillary Clinton should take heed.Rabbi-Chaplains of the Civil War

Could a member of the Union Army "despise and reject the Savior of men . . . and yet be a fit minister of religion"?The Jordanian Option

As they watch the rebellions in Egypt, Libya, and Syria unfold, how much longer will the Palestinians in Jordan stand for their mistreatment at the hands of the Hashemite regime?Choose Your Poison

Why do some say l'chaim when blessing wine: to confirm that the drink hasn't been poisoned, to dispel grim associations, or simply to make sure that all present are ready for the blessing?     Diaspora and Disagreement

It was never enough for Zionists to proclaim the virtues of life in Israel—they had to argue that Jews could only expect assimilation or anti-Semitism from the Diaspora. Were they wrong?Varieties of Religious Experience

Major American politicians seem unusually promiscuous in their religious affinities, not just switching houses of worship but totally altering the substance of their faith.The Perils of Pauline Kael

"Remember how it was in the '60s and '70s, when movies were hot and we were hot?"  Perhaps.  One fellow film critic remembers that period—and the players in Kael's orbit—quite differently.