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Then They Came for the Jews

With his latest assault on the upper classes and persistent attacks on Israel, President Hugo Chavez has left Venezuela's Jewish community facing a choice between emigration and persecution. (With photos)A Stunning Discovery

As Holland, among other countries in Europe, seeks to ban Jewish ritual slaughter, new research demonstrating that stunning animals does not minimize their suffering has come not a moment too soon.Maple Leaf and Olive Branch

Canada's desire to distinguish itself from the U.S. and UK sometimes led it away from the policy of "scrupulous impartiality" that it wished to adhere to in the Middle East.Academe Award

Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, Footnote is a work of serious philosophical inquiry, cloaked in winking academic gossip for those in the know.  (Here, an interview with the director.)      A Biographer’s Ethics

"Solzhenitsyn up close turned out to be a far less saintly figure than he had seemed from afar . . . [but] Koestler, who has always had a bad reputation for his character, grew in my estimation."Family Romance

In the Freud family letters, the figure of Jacob Bernays—classical philologist, Orthodox Jew, homosexual, and deep influence on his brother-in-law Sigmund—comes to light.The New Normal

In spite of the Islamist ideology of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government, Turkey may prove to be a key U.S. ally in the Middle East during the coming decades.A Mind Alone

In a collection of the Austrian novelist Joseph Roth's correspondence, there aren't any letters written to his parents, or to those who were perhaps his closest friends. There are no love letters—or any letters at all—to his wife.Digital Davening

Smartphones have already begun to supplant traditional siddurim; but the potential of the digital revolution to transform the experience of prayer has barely been realized.Dividing the Waters

A new French report on water usage in the Jordan Valley allows political bias against Israel to mask the real challenges of water conservation facing every country in the region.