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Toeing the Church-State Line

Hebrew charter schools offer the chance to educate large numbers of American Jewish children in Hebrew and Israeli culture—at taxpayers' expense—and thus are making many inside and outside the Jewish world nervous. A Nation Mourns

At the funeral of the four victims of the Toulouse shooting, Knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin said that those who terrorize Jews "do not distinguish between Jews in Israel or in France . . . They know very well that we are all brothers."    Crowdsourcing the Constitution

"We the People" indeed—a new commentary on the U.S. Constitution draws its inspiration from an unlikely source.Vayikra: Beginning in the Middle

Torah Talk with Michael Carasik Who reads what when? This week we're beginning to read the book of Leviticus.  But in the podcast we'll look at a rabbi who walked into a synagogue and found the reading beginning in a surprising place—and we'll see what light that sheds on the tradition of reading the Torah.  (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:10:38Turning the Other Tank

Stanley Hauerwas argues that being a Christian means never killing others in war. If this is Christianity, then Christianity is a form of eschatological madness.False Memories of the Crusader States

Take heed, Israel: where things went wrong for the Crusaders was not in the long-distance messaging to core supporters, but in the muddling of that message among neighbors and near-neighbors.    Found in Israel

Every day, the Israel Antiquities Authority has 30 active archeological digs.  Here, a list of the past 25 years' most notable. (With a glaring omission.)      Diaspora Divided (Sneak Preview of JRB Spring Issue!)

Peter Beinart tries to show how one-dimensional support for Israel is alienating young liberal Jews. The trouble is that his own one-dimensional criticism of Israel alienates everyone else.