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Paganism vs. Biblical Religion

Where the two converge, and where they radically part ways—as explicated by a brilliant scholar who died last weekend.Gilad Shalit and the Soul of Israel

When it comes to captive soldiers, fellow feeling trumps politics, policy, perhaps even the national interest.Swiss Minarets and European Islam

The recent vote in Switzerland represents a possible turning point.Exile and Expulsion in Jewish History

Diaspora as home, diaspora as hell: a 1997 essay by the distinguished historian who died yesterday at the age of seventy-seven.Minister Slammed

A mini-tempest erupted over remarks by Yaakov Neeman, Israel’s minister of justice, to the effect that the law of the Torah should become state law; the remarks were later substantially modified.Would Anything be Different in a “Torah State”?

Even under a “Torah” regime, according to an authority in Jewish law, criminal law would remain virtually unaffected, religious regulations would not be enforced, and there would be no death penalty.Rubik Rosenthal, Wordsmith

Rosenthal’s new Dictionary of Hebrew Phrases, containing 18,000 entries on current Israeli idioms, is both enlightening and a delight to read. It also answers two questions: Who are the Israelis? And where have they come from?A Convenient Anti-Semitic Theme

Examining the belief that the massacres of Armenians in World War I were the result of a secret Jewish-Zionist-Freemason plot, and naming those, on different sides, who have benefited from spreading it.How Not to Fix the Middle East

By its reluctance to uphold American primacy in the region, the administration has created a perilous vacuum of power.Kashrut: A Matter of Law, not Morality

Unethical meat processors are no different from unethical merchants; keeping kosher is about something else entirely.