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The Islamic Revolution Lives

For the Iranian regime, dissociating the Arab peoples from their governments remains a vital aim; in Lebanon, through Hizballah, the effort is succeeding.The Rationalist

On his 80th birthday, the Nobel laureate Robert Aumann pronounces on the Turkish flotilla, the American bank rescue, the Arab-Israel war, and his relations with his wife and children.Hillel’s Tent

The Jewish student organization is determined to be open to diverse views and to reach out to the unaffiliated; some say it lacks backbone and neglects the middle for the fringe.Wunderkind

A fourteen-year-old prodigy is allowed to take the exam for rabbinic ordination in Israel, but the results won't count.On the Ninth of Av

In Catalonia, the scene of centuries of Jewish hopes and horrors, a student of history is beset by a torrent of emotions. (PDF)British Jews and Israel

According to a comprehensive survey, a solid majority of UK Jews say Israel plays a "central" or "important" role in their Jewish identities. (PDF)Censorship as Tolerance

Europe's hate-speech codes are a clear and present danger to the freedom of expression that citizenship requires. Just One Word: Plastics

On some kibbutzim, capitalist ends are served by socialist means.Ugaritic, Unriddled

An ancient Semitic language has been re-deciphered in record time by MIT computers, creating a bonanza for biblical studies.