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Weaponizing Lieberman; Keeping Up With the Shalits; Juicing Jews

Meet the 'Micro Mechitzah'

Review: The Goldfarb Bar Mitzvah

Scientist Discovers Plaid in the Spectrum

Samson To Appeal Juicing Charges

Remembering a Master Denier — and a Dear Friend

Yo-Yo Burka: Bar Refaeli models the latest fashion to hit the Jerusalem streets.

Tim Talks Back: QB Tebow on conversion to Judaism and his controversial suspension after making Kiddush in the end zone.

Not Backing Down: Athiest Christopher Hitchens debates God in afterlife tour.

Preemptive Lieberman Launch?

By Tony Andwise

The threat of another Middle East conflagration reached new heights as Israel threatened to send its controversial foreign minister to destroy Iran’s nuclear program.Read More

Haman, LDS Church in Rehab Shock

Haman is being treated for his longstanding addiction to anti-Semitism, and the Mormon church will seek help for its baptism compulsion.Read More

Christmas, Hanukkah or Apocalypse?

By Rob Kutner

For a Jewish parent, there’s just no easy answer to why a bunch of long-dead people who once lived near the Club Med we once vacationed at with Aunt Gertie say we’re all going to die.Read More

Shalit’s Parents Want Gratitude

By Neta Meme

Gilad Shalit’s father wants credit for the international publicity campaign he mounted on behalf of his son. He tells the Backward, “I guess I just don’t understand young people these days.”Read More

When Phil o’lologous first started writing this weekly column, almost 115 years ago, Karl Marx was the Simon Cowell of the era — a loudmouth from Britain passing judgment on the working class.Read More