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Silent Majority

Everyone says young American Jews are increasingly hostile to Israel. But is it true? A new poll cautions us not to mistake a vocal minority for the majority.Analyzing Ashkelon

Science is revolutionizing the study of ancient Ashkelon—revealing mysterious cylinders as parts of ancient looms, proving that what we thought were palaces may really have been stables.The Last Resort

Jews may have deserted the Catskills for the Vineyard and the Hamptons. But one of the great resorts, Kutsher's, refuses to go quietly. Meet Kutsher's Tribeca.Lay That Pistol Down

The world has never accepted Zionism's militarization of the Jew, and the creation of the psychologically transformative homo israelianus.The Adoption Solution

From Moses to Mordechai to the midrashic dictum that "he who brings up a child is to be called its father," Jewish tradition is firmly pro-adoption.Pork and Prejudice

As the smell of roasting pork is disconcertingly similar to the smell of burning human flesh, is the Jewish prohibition on eating pig rooted in the abhorrence of human sacrifice?Sh’mot: What’s in a Name?

"These are the names of the children of Israel": Despite having designated them by name during their lifetimes, [Scripture] enumerates them again, posthumously, to indicate how beloved they were. (Rashi 1:1) While the traditional English title of Sh'mot is "Exodus," the word translates literally as "names." This presents us with the opportunity to explore the significance the Bible attaches to names, in general, and the meaning of one individual name, in particular.Churchill and State

Nearly 50 years after Winston Churchill's death, Israelis have founded a society in the British wartime leader's name and GOP politicians are pledging to restore his bust to the Oval Office. The Second Sex’s Third Blessing

A fifteenth-century prayer book replaces a problematic traditional blessing with a pro-woman variant.  So what?