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The Ten Commandments of America’s Jews

Go ahead and break the current tablets—here are the new shalls and shall nots.Know Your Enemy

After a hiatus of two decades, schools in Gaza are starting to teach Hebrew again. It isn't because they've discovered a heartfelt interest in a neighboring culture.Ballpark Figures

Through the Law of Return, Israel's national baseball team could recruit a number of established major leaguers.Kidneys and Kindness

Why one woman chose to donate a kidney to a stranger—and what she makes of the fact that her decision is an unusual one.Gold in Them Thar Hills

Photos of the recently unearthed jewelry trove that may be one of the most valuable discoveries from the biblical period. Morality, Not Theology

Mormons trying to talk across doctrinal divides to evangelical Christians can learn from Joseph Soloveitchik's advice on how Jews should—and should not—discuss their faith with Christians.B’midbar: Tribe and Staff

Torah Talk with Michael Carasik When is a tribe not a shevet? When it is a mateh (and vice versa). We begin "the Book of Tribes" this week, and one of the two Hebrew words for "tribe" will play a major role. (Click here for source sheet.)  Download | Duration: 00:11:22The Hermeneutics of Hasidism

Although writers who reject the Hasidic world capture public attention, the really interesting literature comes from writers who struggle with Hasidism but love it too much to leave.Making “Unofficial” Jews Official

Bulgaria's fast-track conversions for Jews whose identity has been erased under Communism might not meet the standards of the Israeli chief rabbinate—but the alternative is to lose them altogether.