High Priest of Israel

Eleven spices, 368 maneh, and one pinch of smoke-raiser that even Alexandria's scientists couldn't crack.

One product, three seals, and no way to tell which is "the" kosher one. How a single biblical sentence became a 1,500-agency industry.

From Hart Island's million graves to the met mitzvah, how societies bury the unclaimed — and why the shame of a pauper's funeral is surprisingly mo...