The Unseen Shield

The Shin Bet (motto = “the unseen shield”) operates with transparency, providing personnel with legal propriety as they fulfill the responsibility of keeping Israelis out of harm’s way. An look at the organization and its history.

What the Top 50 Rabbis List Says About Us

With no apologies, Newsweek issued its Top 50 Rabbis list this week. What can we learn from the list, and what does it say about Judaism today? Or, in other words, what makes a sexy Rabbi?

Peter Beinart, I Quit.

Dr. Yoel Finkelman was supposed to write about the ultra-Orthodox community for Beinart’s Daily Beast blog “Open Zion” about “Israel, Palestine, and the Jewish future.” He quit after several weeks. Read why.