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Are Day Schools the Solution?

They are a solution for some, but focusing all communal funding on them is not the way to improve Jewish education.For Israelis, a Two-Day Weekend?

In addition to synchronizing Israeli businesses with the world's markets, an American-style Sunday might allow for a welcome catching of the collective breath.Orthodoxy in Motion

A decade or so ago, a sociologist argued that American Orthodoxy was sliding to the Right; today he contends it is sliding to the Left. Maybe the terms need to be examined.Where are the Men?

In the liberal branches of American Judaism, sexual egalitarianism has led to male disengagement, leading to the creation of exclusively male-centered activities, leading to . . . segregation?A Grisly Medieval Mystery

Seventeen skeletons of adults and children, found at the bottom of a well in Norwich, England, may be the remains of Jewish victims of persecution in the 12th or 13th century.A Still-Relevant Miracle

Today's Israel was germinated out of a process so swift, dramatic, and inventive as to defy comparison with any other nation-building project in modern times.The Last of the Gauchos

Between 1881 and 1936, tens of thousands of Jewish immigrants settled and created Yiddish-speaking agricultural settlements in Argentina's plains; today, only a few remain. The Settlement Obsession

Israel's settlements, and what will become of them, are a great problem for Zionism, but they are not the obstacle to peace in the Middle East.Israel, the U.S., and the Revolution in Military Affairs

Threatened by a new generation of precision-strike weapons in the hands of its adversaries, Israel is changing the way it fights—to the certain benefit of its American ally.