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For Whom the Bell Tolls

Did a tiny ancient golden bell, found near the Temple Mount and making a faint metallic clink, once adorn a priestly garment?Whale on Rye

If a whale had cloven hooves and chewed its cud, would it be kosher?On “Chutzbah”

According to an 1896 essay, a "light sarcastic humor, smart but superficial," is a specialty of Jews, who, while abounding in insolence, fatally lack the modesty that is the mark of true genius.The Day the Music Didn’t Die

Although one wouldn't know it from the obituaries for JDub, at least two other companies promoting contemporary Jewish music continue to thrive on leaner budgets and with much smaller staffs.A Double Tragedy for Norway

Not only has Norway lost almost 100 people, but legitimate criticism of extremist Islam, a continuing threat to freedom, has been discredited by association with a homicidal madman.Not the Way

Recent Knesset legislation intended to combat Israel's de-legitimization will instead encourage it, while polarizing Israelis and Diaspora Jews alike.Anti-Semitism and the American University

Many faculty members are themselves too discomfited by Israel to be comfortable examining the explosion of anti-Semitism, much of it aimed at that country.Dutch Treat

An unusually large number of Yiddish words made their way into the language of Holland. Take asjewijne, for example—or biskopetjes.Cantors and Levites

Five years of formal schooling may seem like a lot, but as with the Levites in the ancient Temple, the musical and Jewish training of today's cantors is a lifetime's affair.