Why? Why? Why?

  • Why has Hannah Levine died more than once–and is still alive at age 96? (Haaretz)
  • Why has Hamas fired three Qassams into Israel recently? (Haaretz)
  • Rabbi Nosson Scherman, ArtScroll’s general editor, he explains among other things why he publishes biographies of great rabbis and leaves out their “shortcomings,” and why the Lubavitcher Rebbe isn’t quoted in Chumash commentary. (The Jewish Press)
  • Why, after the 6-Day war, did Sharon argue, “it’s desirable that Israel should have a weak prime minister?â€? (Haaretz)
  • Why does Jay Michaelson study Sabbateanism? (Zeek)

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