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The Writing on the Synagogue Wall

James Kugel warned of the "Ceremonial Hall Synagogue," the "Nostalgia Center," and the "Davening Club." Are we witnessing the demise of the synagogue—and should we try to save it?Dovecoattails

"Can you build an organization which is an alternative and not attract all the haters of Israel?"  Forty years ago, the pressure group Breira tried it—and J Street's director is hoping the comparison works in his organization's favor.       The Dreyfus of Classical Music

Once vilified by Schumann and Wagner for not being German enough, now Giacomo Meyerbeer's music is criticized for not being Jewish enough.Beinart the Unwise

What is wrong with The Crisis of Zionism is contained within its title: Zionism itself is not in crisis. The liberal Zionism that Peter Beinart espouses is.    Eric Kandel’s Visions

Why is the Nobel-winning neuroscientist who's spent most of his career fixated on sea snails writing on art history?  It may have a lot to do with his background as a Viennese Jew . . .     Burial in Israel

Forty percent of practicing French Jews are buried in Israel. They aren't alone in wanting this, for reasons that run all the way back to Genesis—but aren't without controversy.Führer Fictions

What might do as research for a novel won't do as preparation for a serious work of history, and one celebrated novelist's biography of Hitler is nothing short of a travesty.Socially-Conscious Study Hall

A 19th-century letter attests to a London institution, open to anyone from 6 a.m. to 12 a.m. daily, that was responsible for creating numerous charities and a school for children.Profiling the Professionals

While the work of Jewish communal agencies is a much-studied topic, remarkably little attention has been paid to the professionals who staff them—until now.Six Lies

From the recklessness of election-year politics to the Capitol Hill Knesset: here, a half-dozen of the worst leaps of logic about U.S. politics and Middle East policies.