A Spin
Jordan’s late King Hussein and his unsuccessful efforts to make peace get a courtier’s treatment in the new memoir from Jack O’Connell, a former CIA station chief in Amman
Spies Like Us
Spy vs. spy intrigue between the CIA and Israel, centered around the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv
McStrategy
George Friedman built a private, subscription-based CIA. But is his intel any good?
Sundown: Iran At Nuclear Crossroads
Plus the truth about kosher, Israel and Micronesia, and more
Daybreak: Auschwitz’s ‘Work Shall Set You Free’ Pilfered
Plus intelligence leaks, Christmas songs (by Jews), and more in the news
Bell Curve to Bell Jar
From the archives: The neverending fetishistic fascination with Jews and intelligence
The Great Brain
Pseudo-science helps a family straddle the Sephardi-Ashkenazi divide
Ben-Gurion
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
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.
