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Breaching the Walls of History
Why was it so important to a prominent haredi rabbi to tie himself up in speculative knots just to deny a library checkout list?
Kaplan Unbound
Reconstructing Mordecai Kaplan's holy wars.
Vocabulary Lesson
How bad is antisemitism? According to the protestations of a new book, maybe not too bad at all.
Converted Energy
What ghosts haunted Muriel Spark?
Leap of Faith
Matti Friedman argues that Hannah Sensesh and her fellow WWII parachutists weren’t commandos as much as they were storytellers.
The Unbearable Lightness of Exile
A new book asks if exile is really that bad.
Frogs, and Locusts, and Lice, Oh My!
What do eighteenth century English preachers and twentieth century Hollywood directors have in common? They both love the ten plagues.
Members of the Scribe
What can an insulted, ancient Israelite soldier teach us about the Bible?
Lost and Found and Random
Are ancient hair coverings Jewish texts? According to a wide-ranging new anthology, yes.
Israel, Interrupted
A society out of focus