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The Egyptologist

Flinders Petrie willed his head (“as a specimen of a typical British skull”) to London’s Royal College of Surgeons, and when he died in 1942, the doctors in Jerusalem duly cut it off and prepared it for shipping . . . Chabad: The Operation

Many leadership experts focus on the Hasidic sect’s organizing model, but can it be copied and reproduced elsewhere? Hashemites Hanging in the Balance

In the wake of the Arab Spring, Jordan’s King Abdullah II has tried to strike a delicate balance between loosening his power and maintaining his rule.A Very Long Jump

Of the 37 Olympians representing Israel at this year’s games, a mere 20 were born in Israel.  Two American-born athletes only became Israeli citizens since the last Olympic cycle.The Hate That Dare Not Speak Its Name

When Gore Vidal came more or less fully out of the anti-Semitic closet, he still thought it the better part of prudence to protect himself by posing as the spokesman for a minority which was being persecuted by the Jews. (1986)Act of God?

Scientists studying the Dead Sea have found that 3,200 years ago in Canaan, a significant drought coincided with the collapse of the urban economy—and conquest by the Israelites.