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Taba via Trouble

Disregarding Israel's severe travel warning, one journalist ventures—with his camera—into the Sinai Peninsula. (Photographs)The Dirt on Mr. Clean

In recent years, Salam Fayyad has shaken more hands, kissed more babies, and cut more red ribbons than any Palestinian official. Presidential aspirations or no, it's enough for Fatah to feel threatened.The Reality of Race

Historical analysis now depends not only on pottery shards, flaking manuscripts, and faded coins, but on something far less ambiguous: DNA. And the study of Jewish DNA yields some surprising findings.Search on a Centennial

One hundred years ago, Yosef Haim Brenner sold a pair of suspenders to fund the publication of S.Y. Agnon's first book—copies of which are now actively sought after.Where’s the Outcry over Palestinian Censorship?

Hamas has arrested journalists and jailed bloggers. In the West Bank, slander of high-ranking officials is punishable by up to two years in prison. Where is the world's outrage?Foolish, but Consistent

There are groups that advocate for allowing Jews to pray on the Temple Mount and there are groups that advocate for freedom of worship at the Kotel. But each group views these "rights" selectively. Is There Such a Thing as Jewish Fiction?

Howard Jacobson, Geraldine Brooks, A.B. Yehoshua, Shalom Auslander, Walter Mosley, Etgar Keret, André Aciman, Nathan Englander, Nadia Kalman, and others answer.Facebook and Organ Donation

Very few rabbinic authorities would allow for the blanket consent to donate organs implied by the new Facebook status.Caves of Refuge

A fifth mikveh has been found in the caves on the Galilee's Cliffs of Arbel, indicating that the people who lived there under Roman rule were most likely kohanim, Jews of the priestly class.