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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.The Divine Comedy

Religious people are primed to view their experiences in terms of happiness and suffering, reward and punishment.  But what about the divine category of the joke?In Memory of a Friend

Senator Daniel Inouye, who died this week, was a decorated war hero, a champion of his state of Hawaii—and a stalwart and constant friend of Israel.The Other Kindertransport

We know about the thousands of Jewish children sheltered in wartime Britain.  For 75 years, though, no one knew about the smaller group ferried to Denmark, Sweden, and Palestine.The Enemy of My Enemy

The overthrow of Bashar al-Assad will install another regime hostile to Israel.  The difference is that this one will be even more hostile toward Iran.