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The End of the Land-for-Peace Era

Livni's defeat indicates that Israel may be headed back to a political system based on two major parties—both with a focus on socioeconomic issues and a sadder-but-wiser skepticism about territorial concessions.The Rabbi Who Writes Too Much

Just how pronounced is the graphomania of Rabbi Eliezer Shlomo Schick? One professor found 954 titles by Schick in the catalog of the National Library of Israel—and those were just the ones in Hebrew. How the Left Turned against the Jews

As Communism gave way to anti-colonialism, Israel remained a target for special rage on the Left, even though Zionism was both a settler movement and an anti-colonial movement.Torah and Telos

A rational argument for taking one's religious text as divine revelation might have succeeded, were it not for the failure of the author's test-case: his justification for believing in a revealed Torah. (Interview with the book's author here.)      A Vast Right-Wing Jewish Conspiracy?

Hearing a prominent Jewish historian claim that criticism of FDR's inaction during the Holocaust is the handiwork of disgruntled Likudniks, a leftist blogger took it upon himself to prove her wrong.The Book That Drove Them Crazy

Twenty-five years ago, a studious manuscript called Souls Without Longing was given a more commercial title and a print run of 10,000 copies.  It soon was selling 25,000 copies a week, and its author was the most famous professor in the Western world.After Grant Expelled the Jews

We'll probably never know how much of Grant's change-of-course was sincere and how much politically expedient. But he was not the last president "good for the Jews" to hold paradoxically prejudiced views about them.Notes on Camp

Across denominations, statistics show that Jewish summer camps have a significant effect on children's lifelong Jewish involvement. But can Jewish camps keep up with secular alternatives?Philanthropy Nation?

For a philanthropic culture to develop in Israel, the traditional American-Israeli partnership model requires serious retooling.