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Cops and Rabbis

"I suspect many Catholics come to me and tell me things because they don't want their priests to know," said Rabbi Alvin Kass, the longest-serving chaplain in the history of the NYPD.Passover Profiteering

Many blame exorbitant costs on a complex price-fixing scheme among the three major Passover food manufacturers. There are, however, a couple of valid reasons for the seasonal markup. Revenge of the Nerds

The high school jocks sweated it out in Israel's pre-military academies so they could make the cut into Special Operations units; the IDF's top rocket interceptor got his start playing Warcraft.    The Bee’s Knees (If Not the Frog’s Buttocks)

"Aaron is hitting the big frog's head, and all the little frogs are coming out of his tushy!" said the girl to the scholar, thus demonstrating the midrashic literacy of 14th-century Spanish artists. Dewey Defeats Hebron

Should Haaretz have assumed that Netanyahu would not evict Jews?  Not at all—but the paper continues to be caught off guard by the prime minister's commitment to peace.Is the Seder a Symposium?

Not exactly.But was the Last Supper a Seder?

The evidence, or the lack of evidence, suggests it was not.Dayenu, nu?

In the midst of gratitude there is always a little something else we want. Hence the number of rogue, shopping-list Dayenus that spring up every day: feminist Dayenus, gay Dayenus, Zionist and anti-Zionist Dayenus . . .