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Pioneer to the Past

James Henry Breasted's role in reshaping our understanding of the ancient Near East is illuminated in an exhibit at the University of Chicago.If Israel Goes Down, We All Go Down

The former prime minister of Spain has joined with others in Friends of Israel, a new international initiative.The Lesson of a Jewish Cemetery

An untended burial ground in Morocco provokes a dark reverie on Jewish impermanence.The Decorated Contract

On the illuminated ketubah and its meaning as a conveyor of obligation and responsibility, ornamented by love and trust.A Zionist Image Maker

Starting in the 1920s, the work of the art photographer Shmuel Joseph Schweig was identified with the Jewish enterprise in Palestine and Israel.The Patriarchy: Myth or History?

In honor of Father's Day, June 20: an inquiry into the reliability of the biblical account.Light on Ancient Israel

As recounted in a new book by Hershel Shanks, the creation and success of Biblical Archaeology Review opened entire swaths of ancient history to the general public.Enemy of the People

In democratic Norway, as increasingly in the democratic West, criminal sanctions await those who speak their minds about Islam.Genocide and GDP

Tens of thousands of Jews were killed in southern and western Russia under the Nazis; decades later, according to a new study, the regions are still suffering the economic consequences.In the Venetian Ghetto

After two decades of friction, an uneasy truce prevails in Venice between Chabad and the entrenched but diminishing Jewish community.