Egypt
The Arab Spring Comes to Israel
Syrian regime has own use for ‘Nakba Day;’ 16 deaths reported
Sundown: Reform Jews Bring Home the Bacon
Plus, exit Mitchell, stage irrelevant, and more
Daybreak: The Other Presidential Race
Plus, anti-Jewish bomb plot neutralized, and more in the news
A View of the New Egypt
Likely future president paints a country more hostile to Israeli interests
Daybreak: On Syria, Where’s the Outrage?
Plus, Abbas vows no Hamas in West Bank, Egyptian violence, and more in the news
Sundown: Defiant Syrians Continue Protests
Plus the Auschwitz abortionist, a Hillary-less Sit Room, and more
How Long Will This Marriage Last?
The myriad problems with and underlying logic for reconciliation
Generation X
The Arab Spring is liberating a generation from repressive political institutions, but the intellectual legacies of the regimes they are helping topple may be tougher to shake
News of a Kidnapping
Israelis are clamoring for the release of Gilad Shalit, the IDF soldier abducted nearly five years ago, but is the prisoner swap demanded by his Hamas captors too high a price to pay?
Sabotage Foreshadows Israel’s Energy Future
Pipeline explosion coincides with re-examination of Egyptian gas deal
Daybreak: Abbas Insists Talks Still Doable
Plus Egypt goes rogue, Syria and Syrians in crosshairs, and more in the news
When General Grant Expelled the Jews
The End of the Jewish Left
Political theorist Michael Walzer and others argue about the death of the century-long Jewish-Leftist alliance
Voices Raised for Jerusalem
The Zamir Chorale brings its Jewish choral music to Jazz at Lincoln Center in celebration of Yom Yerushalayim
Old Jews Telling More Jokes
The web series ‘Old Jews Telling Jokes’ goes off-Broadway, with shtick, songs, and a script by writer Daniel Okrent
The Most Perfect Hebrew Bible
The medieval Aleppo Codex was safeguarded for centuries in Syria. The problems started when it arrived in Israel.
