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    The Israeli leadership is at war with itself over Iran: In one corner, Bibi Netanyahu and Ehud Barak. In the other, former Mossad chief Meir Dagan.

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    The Egyptian government is preparing a show trial for 19 American pro-democracy organizers. Is this what life after Hosni Mubarak looks like?

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    Keep the Faith

    The battered Israeli left can advance its agenda only if it learns to stop fearing religion and embrace the notion of the Chosen People

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    Writing Footnote

    Director Joseph Cedar on Orthodox Judaism, The Social Network, and the nightmare scenario behind his latest Academy Award-nominated film

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    Fool’s Gold

    Middle East expert Robert Kagan argues in a new book that American foreign policy has spawned a golden age of liberal democracy. He’s wrong.

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    Sentimental Journey

    In the new collected stories of Nathan Englander, and in his revised Haggadah, Jews cling tenuously to the easily broken chains of tradition

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    Pregnant Pause

    Pregnancies are fertile ground for superstition, especially for those who assume their traditions and lucky charms are based in Jewish law

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    School Ties

    Ivy League style, the quintessentially WASPy American look defined by Jewish designers a century ago, returns to the runways for Fashion Week

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    Green Day

    From composting and juices to photography and Cynthia Ozick, 10 inventive ways to celebrate Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish new year for trees

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Photo choice suggests yes

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Ben-Gurion

Shimon Peres
Before it was a startup nation, Israel itself was a startup. Discover the man who founded it.

The New Colossus

Esther Schor
Emma Lazarus’ famous poem comes to life—at your fingertips.

The Eichmann Trial

Deborah E. Lipstadt
The renowned Holocaust expert's gripping account of the trial of the century.

Sacred Trash

Adina Hoffman & Peter Cole
The amazing discovery that revolutionized our idea of Jewish life and history.

Sounding Off

Note to some of my fellow progressives: If we can’t argue about Israel without using anti-Semitic tropes, then the debate is lost before it even begins

By Spencer Ackerman

The Tenth Man

The key to Christopher Hitchens wasn’t his iconoclasm; it was his desire for belonging—and the proof can be found in an unexpected place

By Marc Tracy

The Dispossessed

Hugo Chávez is ramping up his assault on Venezuela’s upper class, and now a rare Jewish paradise is squarely in his sights. Can it be salvaged?

By Matthew Fishbane
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Cheap Eats

An entrepreneur opened a Jewish-themed restaurant in Lviv, Ukraine. Chopped liver is on the menu, but not its price—diners get to haggle over it.

Grace Notes

Orthodox klezmer and bluegrass virtuoso Andy Statman and evangelical country star Ricky Skaggs cross genres and faiths to form a mighty duo

Goodbye to All That

For generations, the Jews of Caracas had idyllic weather, prosperity, and vibrant communal organizations. Things have changed under Hugo Chávez.

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  • St. Leonard’s Passion

    Leonard Cohen releases his 12th album, Old Ideas. The troubadour and poet hasn’t always been popular, but he is always profound.
    by Liel Leibovitz

    Face Off

    The Israeli leadership is at war with itself over Iran: In one corner, Bibi Netanyahu and Ehud Barak. In the other, former Mossad chief Meir Dagan.
    by Yossi Melman

    Writing Footnote

    Director Joseph Cedar on Orthodox Judaism, The Social Network, and the nightmare scenario behind his latest Academy Award-nominated film
    by Daphne Merkin

    Sentimental Journey

    In the new collected stories of Nathan Englander, and in his revised Haggadah, Jews cling tenuously to the easily broken chains of tradition
    by Adam Kirsch

    Pregnant Pause

    Pregnancies are fertile ground for superstition, especially for those who assume their traditions and lucky charms are based in Jewish law
    by Allison Hoffman

Hostage Crisis

The Egyptian government is preparing a show trial for 19 American pro-democracy organizers. Is this what life after Hosni Mubarak looks like?
by Lee Smith

Keep the Faith

The battered Israeli left can advance its agenda only if it learns to stop fearing religion and embrace the notion of the Chosen People
by Liel Leibovitz

Vigor Juice

Jews and Booze, a fascinating new history of Prohibition-era bootleggers, barmen, rabbis, and cops, picks up where HBO’s Boardwalk Empire leaves off
by Allan Nadler

The Jews of Downton

A few suggestions for future seasons
by Liel Leibovitz

Fool’s Gold

Middle East expert Robert Kagan argues in a new book that American foreign policy has spawned a golden age of liberal democracy. He’s wrong.
by David P. Goldman

Timeless

Judaism rejects the notions of beauty that underscore Christian classical music, from Bach to Mozart—but the music still speaks to us
by David P. Goldman

Cheap Eats

An entrepreneur opened a Jewish-themed restaurant in Lviv, Ukraine. Chopped liver is on the menu, but not its price—diners get to haggle over it.
by Vox Tablet

Soviet Unions

An American moves to St. Petersburg, Russia—where Jews were once forbidden to live—and finds Jewishness has social currency, especially for dating
by Naomi Telushkin

Heroine Stupor

Wanted Women, a new joint biography of two Muslim women, refuses to distinguish between an al-Qaida terrorist and a feminist intellectual
by Andrew Roberts

School Ties

Ivy League style, the quintessentially WASPy American look defined by Jewish designers a century ago, returns to the runways for Fashion Week
by Jason Diamond
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