September: What America Should Do Next in the Middle East
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How to Drive a Wedge Between Russia and Iran
The two countries’ shared Middle East interests don’t extend much beyond keeping Assad’s blood-drenched Syrian regime in power. That presents an opportunity.
Rembrandt's Jewish Vision
If Judaism’s idea of art is one that can truly represent our frail, fallible humanity, then Rembrandt, who captured faces “without any attempt to beautify them,” is the artist for Jews.
The Jewish Spies Who Helped the British Defeat the Ottoman Empire in World War I
The achievements and sacrifice of a family of Palestinian Jews helped to secure both victory in war and Great Britain’s endorsement of Zionism.
Why Some Rabbis Have Loved the Sabbath Prayer "Shalom Aleykhem"—and Some Haven't
The promise and peril of calling angels to bless your Sabbath table.
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