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What Next for Netanyahu?

Just before his colleagues were set to vote the 18th Knesset into history, the prime minister achieved something that he and his supporters will doubtless depict as a political masterstroke. Was it?Site Unsound

Maimonides wrote that "no headstones should be built on [holy men's] graves because their words are their memory." Naturally, Israel is planning to renovate his gravesite to the tune of $10 million and a sky-high laser beam. Emor: More than Kin, and Less than Kind

Torah Talk with Michael Carasik Leviticus tells the priests they must avoid ritual contamination with death—unless the death is that of a close family member. But the text uses a standard Hebrew word in a very unusual way in order to issue this command. (Click here for source sheet.)  Download | Duration: 00:10:22Nobel Nuggets

There was no Nobel Peace Prize for 1939, because Germany invaded Poland on September 1. (Forty-seven years later, Henry Kissinger would write to Elie Wiesel: "I was not proud of my Nobel, but I am of yours.")Strength in Numbers

What is the Yiddish saying? Nine rabbis cannot daven together, but 10 illiterate shoemakers make a minyan.Taba via Trouble

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