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Another Crime of Passion

Most of the Jewish characters in the History Channel's The Bible look like "imports from Texas."  But Caiaphas and company are made to appear distinctively Jewish. Archeology on the Battlefield

From the Iraqi Revolt of 1920 to the upheavals of the Arab Spring, war and revolution have dictated the focus of archeological research in the Arab and Muslim Middle East.Beef with the Butcher

In 1902, working-class Jewish women in New York rioted to enforce a boycott against price-gouging kosher butchers. A new "street musical" dramatizes their battle. Listening to Israel’s Arabs

The claim that the Arab citizens of Israel are essentially and fundamentally alienated from the state is plain wrong.Ghosts of Scandals Past

Seventy years ago, FDR used the IRS to target a group lobbying for the rescue of Jews from Nazi Germany; but Roosevelt's investigators ended up as sympathizers.What Happened on the Temple Mount?

Carbon tests suggest that wooden beams removed from the al-Aqsa Mosque may have originated in the Temple built by King Herod.Restoring the Grand Gesture

Whatever happened to the worship of God through a spontaneous outpouring of the soul?