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Oil from the Rock

Do Israel's shale deposits hold as much oil as there is in Saudi Arabia, and can it be gotten out?Plato and the Talmud

Philosophically, "Athens" and "Jerusalem" represent wholly incompatible viewpoints on the truth. Not so, argues a new book. (PDF)At the Bar of Justice

In envisioning the great annual "day of judgment," the ancient rabbis and poets invoked legal and military images drawn from Greek and Roman life. Budget with the Bathwater

The Trajtenberg Committee on Socioeconomic Change is wise to advise Israel not to jettison the responsible fiscal policies that helped it weather the 2008 economic crisis.Abbas Strikes Out

His UN speech made waves and drew cheers but will ultimately hurt his cause.Repentance, Prayer, and Tzedakah

A history and analysis of U'netaneh Tokef.In and Out of the Ghetto

Meet Benedetto Blanis, a Jew in early modern Florence who taught Hebrew, alchemy, and kabbalah to one of the Medicis.Ha’azinu: Moses’s Other Song

It's one of the least-sung songs in the Bible. Known as the "Song of Moses," or shirat ha'azinu among traditional Jews, the poem that takes up almost the entirety of this week's Torah reading is twice as long as Moses's better-known Song of the Sea.Seven Thousand Ways to Say “Happy New Year”

Telling the story of Zionism through Rosh Hashanah greeting cards. (With images.)