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False Memories of the Crusader States

Take heed, Israel: where things went wrong for the Crusaders was not in the long-distance messaging to core supporters, but in the muddling of that message among neighbors and near-neighbors.    Found in Israel

Every day, the Israel Antiquities Authority has 30 active archeological digs.  Here, a list of the past 25 years' most notable. (With a glaring omission.)      Diaspora Divided (Sneak Preview of JRB Spring Issue!)

Peter Beinart tries to show how one-dimensional support for Israel is alienating young liberal Jews. The trouble is that his own one-dimensional criticism of Israel alienates everyone else. Humanimal

The Torah prohibits animal cruelty and advocates sensitivity to the feelings of animals—which doesn't mean that Jewish disagreements with the animal rights movement aren't significant.Boom or Bust?

In a debate, Silicon Valley venture capitalist Peter Thiel argues that technological progress is decelerating, while author George Gilder says that progress marches ever onward—with Israel as a case in point. (Video)Saved to Disc

A rare glass disc depicting the menorah from the Second Temple in gold leaf was kicked around Europe for two thousand years before the Israel Museum gave it a home.The Limits of Justice

Although concentration camp guard John Demjanjuk died a free man, his conviction by the German courts as an accessory to murder shows how others can be brought to justice. Higher Standards

Israel's defenders often rebut criticism by contrasting its conduct with that of its authoritarian neighbors. But even when the metric is the conduct of other democracies, Israel fares well.