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Beta Country

The co-author of Start-Up Nation delineates the qualities that underlie Israelis' phenomenal capacity for innovation. (Interview by David Horovitz)    The Other Frank Sister

Though no trace of it has ever been found, Anne Frank's elder sister is also believed to have kept a diary during the family's years in hiding.Goldstone Regrets

It is hard to think of a blood libel in recent years as bald as Richard Goldstone's UN report alleging that Israel committed war crimes. His present "reconsideration" sees him almost wheedling for forgiveness. Do-It-Yourself Jihad

The fifth issue of al-Qaeda's magazine features articles by Ayman al-Zawahiri and Anwar al-Awlaki along with its usual blend of how-to, inspiration, and twisted political analysis.Varieties of Jewish Experience

Have Jews, like their Christian counterparts, had sects, movements, groups, and denominations?Star Treatment

France's former diversity adviser wants Muslims to wear a star as a sign of their mistreatment by French society, seemingly unaware that the symbol originated with Muslim degradation of Jews.A House for Rav Kook

Now converted into a museum, the home of the first chief rabbi of Israel was built at the unlikely suggestion of the British government's high commissioner for Palestine.First Things First

An Israeli novelist has written a secular guide to biblical "firsts"; the work has a number of worthwhile stops along the way but fails to lead to any particular destination.Lead Tablet Silliness

The BBC has given its imprimatur to a wild story about a set of ancient books, written in Hebrew and Greek, cast in lead, and said to have been discovered in a remote valley in northern Jordan. Da Vinci Code, anyone?