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Dramatic new methods have been developed to sort the thousands of still unidentified fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls without damage to the goatskin parchments.Going Kosher?

A forthcoming book challenges Reform Jews to develop a dietary practice based on such values as sustainability, morality—and, yes, kashrut.The Archeology Wars

Was the Jerusalem of David and Solomon a little cow town, or the capital of a glorious empire?Why is This Knight Different from All Other Knights?

At German Jewish weddings nearly a thousand years ago, jousting competitions were part of the entertainment.The Merchant of Broadway

Now on Broadway, Al Pacino's Shylock is galvanic. Even if you think he's flirting with caricature—and he is—the results are enthralling.On the Trail of a Terrorist

Two years ago, Jews and Americans were targeted in a devastating terror attack in Mumbai. In the interest of maintaining good relations with Pakistan, will the U.S. permit the perpetrators to get away with it?The Urban Hermitage

Once desert outposts, ancient monasteries or their uncovered remains are now part of Israel's urban and suburban landscape.Diplomat and Rescuer

Raoul Wallenberg saved more human beings from certain execution than anyone else in history. Alex Kershaw's The Envoy tells the story—including what happened when the diplomat met Adolf Eichmann face to face. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Identity

Philadelphia's new National Museum of American Jewish History is more preoccupied with the freedom given Jews to become Americans than with the freedom given them to remain Jews.