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Sabra-Rattling

The latest survey on Israeli religion shows that Labor Zionism's attempt to replace Judaism with Israeliness has failed.X-Rated Dispute in Knesset

The author feels blessed "to live in a country in which an Arab Member of Parliament can wittily abuse a Jewish colleague in a Hebrew that causes my Israeli-born daughter to convulse with hysterics."    Flame War

A science fiction writer would have taken the trouble to devise a plausible explanation for the premise of his novel. Not Ben Marcus, the well-known apostle of "experimental" writing, though.B’shallah: Hands Up!

The stories in this week's reading may seem disjointed, but in fact they form a single unit. A modern editor, looking for a groovy chapter title, might have called the collection, "Ancient Israel's Bipolar Moment." Or, even more flippantly, "Hands Up!"Restrictions on the Reformation

The Hebraism which permeated the Reformation did not necessarily translate into increased tolerance of Jews. Hard Times for Hamas

Its rhetoric is as fierce as ever, but since it's been strangled in Jordan, expelled from Syria, and defunded by Iran, Hamas lacks the friends and money to match.“Subbotniks”

In 1876, a community of converts left their native Russia to settle in the Galilee, forsaking their Christian past. Now their descendants are rediscovering their roots.The Mufti and the U.S. Election

A mufti calls for violence against Jews, Netanyahu demands Palestinian leaders disavow him, and America's presidential race could be affected. That could be a news report from last week. Or from 1946.Blurring the Issue

Blurring or removing photographs of women might be understandable in the ultra-Orthodox world, but it should have no place in Modern Orthodoxy.