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The Talmud, Not for Non-Believers

Ruth Calderon's inaugural speech to the Knesset advocated secular study of the Talmud.  Yet the Talmud warns against students who don't intend to put what they learn into practice.Taking the Jewish Vote for Granted

After General Grant expelled Jews from the territory under his command during the American Civil War, Jews were expected to unite against his presidential candidacy in 1868.  But did they?Faith and Suicide

Reports on Israeli Prisoner X, Ben Zygier, have asked what his crime was and why the case was censored.  But there is a more basic question: which prisoners do, and do not, commit suicide?The Godless Delusion

By "making a 'god out of man,'" artists like Schoenberg, Goethe, and Matisse thought that "in the wake of religious disbelief, art could give us meaning again."Elon’s Middle Way

Menachem Elon—Orthodox rabbi, Talmud scholar, author of the magisterial treatise Jewish Law—opposed enshrining religion in Israeli law.  Now he has died, and his legacy is threatened.Putting a Price on Philanthropy

As university faculties become increasingly hostile to Israel, Jewish philanthropists who want to give Zionism a voice on campus need a better strategy.  Here is one idea.Anti-Judaism: A Western Tradition

“Anti-Judaism,” says David Nirenberg, is not an “archaic or irrational closet in the vast edifices of Western thought” but “one of the basic tools with which that edifice was constructed.”Jewish Armenia

Only in 1996 did the discovery of a cemetery provide evidence of Jews in pre-modern Armenia.  But new research shows that Armenia was a safe haven for Jews during the Mongol invasion. Masada’s Unscorched Earth

Josephus records that Masada’s Jewish defenders set it ablaze before the Romans broke in. But the archeological evidence shows a more sophisticated, though futile, defense strategy.Does Harvard Favor Jews?

Commentators hailed Ron Unz's recent article claiming that today’s Ivy League universities underrepresent Asian-Americans and overrepresent Jews.  But his calculations don't add up.