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Gil Marks is making his encyclopedic knowledge of Jewish food available to the rest of us
Just Desserts
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Neighborhood Bully
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By Amos Harel
Excerpt: Solomon’s Island
The Internet says the Lost Temple of Israel is hidden in the South Pacific. A reporter went to investigate.
Even Criminals Rest in Peace
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John Kerry’s Silly Play
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By David P. Goldman — How neocons and Obama liberals have created catastrophe by consensus in the Middle EastThe Mideast Crack-Up
By David Samuels — Robert Worth, David Goldman, Edward Luttwak, Amos Harel, Nathan Thrall, and Lee Smith on the new Arab mapNew York Rabbi’s Awful Award
By Jeremy Menchik — Why is a Jewish group dedicated to tolerance honoring a politician who has failed to support religious minorities?Ed Koch’s Catholic Send-off
By Jonathan R. Cohen — The former mayor, who had a deep relationship with Catholicism, will be memorialized in a Mass at St. Patrick's
Aussie Jewish Elders React to 'Gangnam Style'
By Elissa Goldstein — "Let them dance, let them sing—but don’t make wars."
When Berlin Meant Business
By Vox Tablet — Berlin was once home to 50,000 Jewish-owned businesses. A historian is now obsessively reconstructing their demise.
Who Can Follow These Rules?
By Adam Kirsch — This week’s Talmud reading prompts strikingly contemporary questions about observance and belief
Hating Gwyneth Paltrow
By Rachel Shukert — You may think you know where this column is going. You’d be wrong.
At Home With a Jewish Psychic
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Robby Krieger on the Death of Ray Manzarek
By Adam Chandler — The Doors guitarist remembers the influential keyboardist
Looking for Rabbi Versed in Dark Talmudic Arts
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By July, The Three Biggest U.S. Cities Will Have Jewish Mayors
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The Other Torah
By Chavie Lieber — A new English translation of the Samaritan Torah offers scholars a different version of the sacred text
Daybreak: Anthony Weiner to Run for Mayor
By Adam Chandler — Plus FBI kills man linked to Boston Marathon bombing suspect
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When Berlin Meant Business
Berlin was once home to 50,000 Jewish-owned businesses. A historian is now obsessively reconstructing their demise.
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A visit to B&H Restaurant on Second Avenue brings back memories of milchig establishments of yore
Curse of the Survivor
Singer Vera Gran was haunted by allegations of Nazi collaboration. A new book asks if survival made her guilty.
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