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Behind the Times

Entering a crowded field of English-language publications in Israel, the founders of the Times of Israel hope that their unapologetic defense of the Jewish state will set their paper apart. America’s Haman?

During the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant wrote a document expelling Jews from a vast war zone. So how did the Haman-like general become the Mordecai-like president?Epicurious

Of all the philosophers of classical antiquity, why was it Epicurus whose name became a rabbinic byword for a religious skeptic or heretic?Can Israel Trust the U.S. When It Comes to Iran?

An administration serious about stopping Iran to the point of military intervention would convey messages that raise Iran's anxiety, not Israel's.Divorce Bargaining as Extortion

Is it ever legitimate to withhold a get as a negotiating tactic? An up-and-coming scholar of Jewish law thinks it is. (PDF)A Golders Green Childhood

Before the neighborhood went frum, the historian remembers it as an island of cosmopolitanism that bred "the loudmouths, the violinists, the wide boys with the sharp suits, the showmen . . ."    The Hypocrisy of Harvard

Harvard's Kennedy School of Government purports to "strengthen democratic governance around the world," yet it is hosting a conference aimed at destroying the only democracy in the Middle East.Brag, Brag, Brag

"I've been a thief all my life," said Julius Bernstein, a/k/a Spike, the Jewish mobster who spent decades extorting money from businesses, unions, and even medical clinics—and never spent a day in jail.Courting Change

As chief justice of the Israeli Supreme Court, Dorit Beinisch brought the judiciary into the thick of public debate. Her successor, Asher Grunis, will favor a new era of judicial restraint.