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Not Written in the Stars

Like the Mayans who said the world would end on December 21, medieval Jews predicted the future from the cosmos—much to the consternation of Maimonides.Lost in Translation

Samson Raphael Hirsch has been described as “the intellectual godfather of modern Orthodoxy.” But his influence on American Orthodoxy had to wait until long after his death.Home Truths

Whereas Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu once hoped to win 50 seats together, now they are hemorrhaging support to Netanyahu’s one-time chief of staff, Naftali Bennett, and his party, Jewish Home.Pakistan’s Forgotten Jews

There is a new play at the Karachi Alliance Française about Karachi Jews.  Karachi’s actual Jews are gone, driven out of Pakistan along with all traces of their existence.Variations on a Theme

Discrepancies among the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Samaritan Pentateuch, the Septuagint, and the Masoretic biblical text point to interpretative ferment in the time of Jesus.Israel’s Fallen Warrior

Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, the IDF's 15th chief of staff, has died.  He survived the battles of Karameh and the Lebanon coast only to succumb to the more formidable foe of leukemia.The Inscrutable Americans

America is the West’s most religious country—but has the strictest separation between church and state.  No wonder foreigners are puzzled by the vagaries of American religion.How Algeria Lost Its Jews

A new exhibit in Paris honors the Jews of Algeria—who, after 2,700 years in the country, were driven out by Arab attacks on Jewish property 50 years ago.Giving Up on Humanity

By failing to reach out to non-Orthodox Jews, says an Orthodox rabbi, "we have sold out on the view of man that was the keystone of Avraham Avinu."A Safe Pair of Hands

Ephraim Mirvis is a good pastoral leader.  But his appointment as Chief Rabbi in the U.K. testifies to the unwillingness of Britain's centrist Orthodoxy to challenge Haredi authority.