Flouting Hebrew grammar and Jewish theology.

A photo essay.

The Rindfleisch massacres.

Ḥaredim need more party-poopers.

Even as there is plenty of blame to go around.

Lag ba-Omer and a German Jew’s path to a once-neglected subject.

A rare photograph.

Rehabilitating bar Kokhba.

“I placed a loaf of bread and some olives in my pack . . .”

What began in order to commemorate a devastating plague became, in Lag ba’Omer, a celebration of Jewish life—physical, spiritual, and intellectual. (Registration required.)