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Tzav: Priests, Food, and God

This week's reading, like last week's, delves into the details of the ritual sacrifices performed by the priests in the Tabernacle. These sacrifices can generally be divided into three types: olah, in which the sacrificed animal is burned entirely on the altar, reflecting a solemn commitment and deference to the divine; shlamim, which is mainly brought during personal celebrations and holidays, partly burned, and partly eaten by both the priests and the owner to express the joy of the occasion; and hatat, brought as an atonement for sin and partly burned and partly eaten by the priests but not by... Arab Apartheid

Where is the outcry against the Arab denial of access to work, education, and lifesaving medical care to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians living in impoverished refugee camps?Anything but Banal

As a new account shows, Adolf Eichmann's self-portrait as an insignificant clerk, famously endorsed by Hannah Arendt and widely accepted, was contrary to the facts. Resurfaced

Some of the most intriguing archeological artifacts ever discovered were given to Egypt by Israel as part of the 1979 peace deal—and promptly disappeared.  Have they now resurfaced?Murder and Spin

Sensational news from the Middle East usually dominates the world's media; by contrast, the Itamar massacre was downplayed when it was not outright distorted.On Writing as a Jew

Accepting an award for lifetime achievement, the novelist and essayist Cynthia Ozick lays out two options for the American Jewish writer.Cause for Hope

From the fall of the Soviet Union, the free world should have learned a lesson about the power of popular dissidence; that lesson is still pertinent to the rebellions rocking the dictatorships of the Middle East.Pakistan’s Jewish Problem

In a country with no Jewish presence to speak of, opinion makers are deepening the anti-Semitic mindset that is typical across the Islamic world.