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The Niche Yeshiva

A secular yeshiva, an academic yeshiva, an environmental yeshiva? Israel is seeing the creation of several pilot programs geared toward ever-slimmer niche communities.After the Fall

In the eyes of two Egyptian thinkers, the Tahrir revolution was never democratic or liberal—and it was never in the interests of the middle class.The Army’s Private Sector

As trust in the civilian side of the Israeli government declines, the IDF increasingly contracts out non-military services like food and medical care—at its own peril.Falkenhayn’s Feat

The Jews of Palestine owed their survival during World War I to a German army general, who prevented the Turks from doing to the Jews what they had already done to the Armenians.V

Archeologists are stumped by mysterious stone carvings, made thousands of years ago and recently uncovered in an excavation underneath Jerusalem.Memorabilia Most Foul

As the supply of Holocaust artifacts starts to dry up, commercial collectors are turning to an appalling source of Nazi items—the dead.Trusting Its Own

Adopting foreign interests influences the crucial debate over the Iranian nuclear threat. It's time for Israel to trust its own elected decision-makers. In the Court of the Tzadik

Accompanying Shlomo Carlebach to a prayer service in a Sufi meeting house.Mind the Gap

There are discussion groups between Jews and Christians, and Jews and Muslims; now, how about we address the growing divide between Orthodox Jews and the rest of the community?