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Israel must avoid both rash territorial concessions and the dangers of a binational state.
The status quo is worth sustaining, but the Oslo Accords are part of it.
Withdrawals are a triple loss for Jews outside of Israel. The only question is how much worse things have to get before that finally sinks in.
What Winston Churchill and Jerry Seinfeld can teach us about the challenges we face.
For centuries, visual artists, nearly all Christian, turned to the Hebrew Bible for inspiration even more often than the New Testament. What did they find there, and did they treat it well?
Starting in the 16th century, this Ahasueros has personified the legendary figure of the “Wandering Jew,” symbol of the accursed Jewish people. How come?
Considering the achievement of the American Jewish legal giant, a new biography also asks what he would make of Citizens United and other contemporary issues.
The political vision and theological insight of Esther speak compellingly to the dilemmas and opportunities of the present age.
The book of Esther and the festival of Purim mark the beginnings of the exilic world, in which the battle to remain Jewish never really goes away.
As a powerful new exhibit shows, the 16th president felt a close connection to the Jewish people. Why?