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  • Isidor Isaac Rabi
    Isidor Isaac Rabi
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    Of Judaism, but Not in It

    A Nobel Prize winning physicist who helped build the atomic bomb had a deep and abiding relationship to his Orthodox Jewish upbringing

    byAvi Shafran
  • Hydrogen bomb test explosion, June 10, 1962
    Hydrogen bomb test explosion, June 10, 1962
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    Will Fast, Cheap, and Plentiful Energy Be a Legacy of Los Alamos?

    The atomic bombing over Japan 75 years ago today marked the beginning of an era we are only now fully coming into

    byKhaled Talaat
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    Trinity: 2015

    The nuclear age began 70 years ago today

    byWarren Kozak
  • Nuclear testing at Mururoa atoll in 1971.
    Nuclear testing at Mururoa atoll in 1971.
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    Jewish Perspectives on Nuclear Weapons—and Deterrence

    As Iran negotiates its nuclear deal, a look back at decades of debate by rabbis, politicians, and philosophers about the ethics of atomic warfare

    byShlomo M. Brody
  • Mandelbaum Gate, c. 1950.(Wikimedia Commons)
    Mandelbaum Gate, c. 1950.(Wikimedia Commons)
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    Jerusalem Daze

    In Crossing Mandelbaum Gate, Kai Bird recalls growing up in the Middle East as a diplomat’s son

    byAdam Kirsch
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