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Gaza’s Modesty Police

"They beat me for at least five minutes.  I was crying and screaming with agony.  I found out from neighbors when I got home that it was because of my hair."“Was I a Man or a Jerk?”

Greg Bellow's memoir of his father, author Saul Bellow, reveals "a sort of uneasy, seesaw truce between a famous, domineering, and rageful father, and a sensitive son."Kingdom of Priests

Isaac Abravanel writes that Leviticus principally explains the role of the priests, but he later states that the book is about the holiness of the entire people.  Which is it? Who Needs a Constitution?

Popular opinion holds that the religious parties prevented Israel from adopting a constitution.  But the archives show that the real obstacle was Ben-Gurion.The Sound of Silence

"Negative theology does not mean the suppression of speech; rather, it takes us through speech to another dimension of reality."Israel on Syria

If Assad falls, the risk of a high-intensity war between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights will recede—but the likelihood of low-intensity conflict will increase.Is Blood Thicker than Holy Water?

Mary Eberstadt argues that religion goes hand in hand with the traditional family.  But religions are often founded on the triumph of faith over kinship.