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  • Shepherd, Palestine, c. 1937.(Library of Congress)
    Shepherd, Palestine, c. 1937.(Library of Congress)
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    Judaism’s Central Sacrifice

    Yoram Hazony’s new book bases Judaism on a naturalistic reading of the Bible, but it’s a stretch

    byDavid P. Goldman
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    (Joel Bombardier/Flickr)
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    Killer

    Cain and Abel offer an important lesson, says a UCLA professor in the new book Bloodlust: It’s familiarity, not otherness, that breeds violence.

    byLong Story Short
  • The Bennett sisters, an early-20th-century vaudeville duo.(Library of Congress)
    The Bennett sisters, an early-20th-century vaudeville duo.(Library of Congress)
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    Playing Favorites

    The Torah is full of stories of sibling rivalry, from Cain and Abel to Joseph and his brothers. But is the Bible an accurate representation of reality, or overstating the case?

    byMarjorie Ingall
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