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Newton the Theologian

Known for revolutionizing empirical science, Isaac Newton was also an influential theologian. His writings on Scripture and mysticism (as well as his prediction of the apocalypse) have now been digitized in Israel.Tramp Stamp

Suspecting his Communist sympathies, the CIA and MI5 began investigating Charlie Chaplin. Would his missing birth certificate verify the speculation that he was really a Russian Jew?Israel’s African Influx

If Netanyahu genuinely wants to control illegal immigration to Israel from Africa, he should be constructing a proper legal process to separate economic migrants from asylum seekers.The False Crusade

The medieval narrative of the First Crusade as a Papal expedition to conquer Jerusalem is still rarely questioned; yet the roots of the Crusade lie not in Rome but rather in Byzantium.Education vs. Advocacy

The need to balance critical thinking and national pride is not limited to Israel education. But while education and advocacy are not one and the same, neither are they mutually exclusive. Festive Meal

There was the cholent, cooked in enormous stockpots in the oven. Then kishka, cold cuts on challah, and coleslaw, topped off by three or four Italian ices in paper tubes. Ah, Shabbes lunch at yeshiva . . .States’ Rights

"There is a sense in which Israel is right now politically a state of all its citizens. The real difficulties are not political, they are cultural, and they arise in every nation state." (Interview by Alan Johnson)The Least of These

In 1872, a German architect became one of the only Westerners ever allowed to investigate underneath the Temple Mount. The wooden model he created remains a key source of information for archeologists.Incentivizing Organ Donation

Israel, until now ranked at the bottom of Western countries on organ donation, has started incorporating "nonmedical" criteria into the priority-based transplant list for organs. It's working.