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Humanimal

The Torah prohibits animal cruelty and advocates sensitivity to the feelings of animals—which doesn't mean that Jewish disagreements with the animal rights movement aren't significant.Boom or Bust?

In a debate, Silicon Valley venture capitalist Peter Thiel argues that technological progress is decelerating, while author George Gilder says that progress marches ever onward—with Israel as a case in point. (Video)Saved to Disc

A rare glass disc depicting the menorah from the Second Temple in gold leaf was kicked around Europe for two thousand years before the Israel Museum gave it a home.The Limits of Justice

Although concentration camp guard John Demjanjuk died a free man, his conviction by the German courts as an accessory to murder shows how others can be brought to justice.Invoking Auschwitz

Although the Right has made insensitive Holocaust comparisons in the past, the Left must realize that another attempted genocide of the Jews is a real possibility. Higher Standards

Israel's defenders often rebut criticism by contrasting its conduct with that of its authoritarian neighbors. But even when the metric is the conduct of other democracies, Israel fares well.Reading Weak

The People of the Book recognized the importance of a shared canon long ago. But we've foolishly squandered that birthright for the mess of pottage that is identity politics and cheap opinions.Wishful Thinking

From the European Union to the Arab Spring, predictions of a bright future have been confounded by sober reality. Yet still few are prepared to listen to the prophets of gloom.Building Bauhaus

As the Bauhaus school of architecture fell afoul of Nazi aesthetic diktats, its adherents were left looking for new pastures in which to build—and many found them in Mandate Palestine.