The secretary of state prattles about imaginary treaties while the Arab world is engulfed by a Sunni-Shia civil war

Why is a Jewish group dedicated to tolerance honoring a politician who has failed to support religious minorities?

Robert Worth, David Goldman, Edward Luttwak, Amos Harel, Nathan Thrall, and Lee Smith on the new Arab map

Remembering Yiddishist, linguistics scholar, Holocaust survivor, and painter Edward Stankiewicz, who died this year

Saul Bellow was a complicated father to his three sons. In a new book, the eldest tries to parse his inheritance.

The show’s demise is a blow for musical theater—the art that incorporates virtually every other form of art

Video: Astrologer Jessica Lanyadoo’s home reflects her mixed heritage—and wide-ranging spirituality

This week’s Talmud reading prompts strikingly contemporary questions about observance and belief

Molecular gastronomy finally takes off in Israel, drawing kosher foodies and experimental chefs alike