Pearl Buck
Lost Books
An archive of the best books lost in the stacks
In Bloom
Pearl Buck breathes life into a disappearing Chinese community
Jewish Centurions vs. Rome
Street performers who pose for tourists by the Colosseum battle city authorities
The Mideast Crack-Up
Robert Worth, David Goldman, Edward Luttwak, Amos Harel, Nathan Thrall, and Lee Smith on the new Arab map
The Napkin Artist
Remembering Yiddishist, linguistics scholar, Holocaust survivor, and painter Edward Stankiewicz, who died this year
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Sundown: The Obama Push for Peace Continues
6:23 PM —Israel takes another small step toward Haredi conscription
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The Adelsons Continue Their Campaign Giving
2:01 PM —The casino magnate gives another $40 million to Birthright
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One of the Better Graduation Stories
10:39 AM —A survivor transforms as his son graduates medical school
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Daybreak: Tamerlan Tsarnaev Named in 2011 Killings
9:52 AM —Plus a grisly, daylight murder in London
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Aussie Jewish Elders React to ‘Gangnam Style’
3:41 PM —“Let them dance, let them sing—but don’t make wars.”
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Looking for Rabbi Versed in Dark Talmudic Arts
2:20 PM —The beginning to the world’s best Craigslist ad?
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John Kerry’s Silly Play
By Lee Smith — The secretary of state prattles about imaginary treaties while the Arab world is engulfed by a Sunni-Shia civil warDumb and Dumber
By David P. Goldman — How neocons and Obama liberals have created catastrophe by consensus in the Middle EastThe Mideast Crack-Up
By David Samuels — Robert Worth, David Goldman, Edward Luttwak, Amos Harel, Nathan Thrall, and Lee Smith on the new Arab mapA Growing Fear in France
By Clémence Boulouque — As political and financial crises deepen in Western Europe, French Jewry is facing a familiar testNew York Rabbi’s Awful Award
By Jeremy Menchik — Why is a Jewish group dedicated to tolerance honoring a politician who has failed to support religious minorities?
Happy Birthday, Mr. Kissinger
Aussie Jewish Elders React to 'Gangnam Style'
Religious Labor
Looking for Rabbi Versed in Dark Talmudic Arts
Ed Koch’s Catholic Send-off
When Berlin Meant Business
Hating Gwyneth Paltrow
At Home With a Jewish Psychic
Who Can Follow These Rules?
By July, The Three Biggest U.S. Cities Will Have Jewish Mayors
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When Berlin Meant Business
Berlin was once home to 50,000 Jewish-owned businesses. A historian is now obsessively reconstructing their demise.
In Praise of Dairy Restaurants
A visit to B&H Restaurant on Second Avenue brings back memories of milchig establishments of yore
Curse of the Survivor
Singer Vera Gran was haunted by allegations of Nazi collaboration. A new book asks if survival made her guilty.


