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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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    Never Too Old

    The centenarian hero of the forthcoming novel Liebestod enjoys a ménage à six with a rabbi’s wife, a Brazilian bombshell, and a three-legged cat

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    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

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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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    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?

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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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    Heroine Stupor

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

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Who Is First Hispanic Justice?

Sotomayor or Cardozo?

By Michael Weiss|July 14, 2009|Leave a comment
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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.

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

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
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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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  • 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

    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

    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

    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

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

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

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

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

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

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
by Stephanie Butnick

Helpless

The nebbish is the bumbling caricature of a Jewish male, embodied by figures like Woody Allen and George Costanza. Where did he come from?
by Rachel Shukert

Nyets

On the eve of yet another Super Bowl without his beloved New York Jets, a lifetime fan sees echoes of Judaism in his tortuous loyalty
by Matthew Hiltzik
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