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The Hasidic Imagination

Hasidic tales show the ideals to which Eastern European Jews aspired, reflecting folk wisdom and the hallowing of the everyday. So are they authentic, or mere literary creations?Isn’t, Wasn’t, and Won’t Be

Palestinians know that Fatah and Hamas would rather preserve the status quo than risk losing financial aid because of a unity government.If I Forget Thee, O Manhattan

A generation after Bernard Malamud and Leslie Fiedler took academic appointments in the Northwest, a latter-day New York intellectual puts down roots in Portland. (Includes obscene language.)Songs of Wonder

Known for Middle Eastern, African, and Hasidic motifs in her music, Basya Schechter has added the little-known Yiddish verse of Abraham Joshua Heschel into the mix. (Audio)Pinkwash?

Critics of Israel say the state touts its gay-rights record only to conceal its oppression of Palestinians. Nonsense.Turning on a Dime

Four bronze coins offer the first archeological evidence that contrary to a widely held belief, at least part of the Second Temple (including the Western Wall) was built after Herod.Judaism as a First Language

The internal dynamics of Judaism are startlingly similar to those of the linguistic process—an analogy that sheds light not only on the evolution of Judaism but also on its worrisome decline.Chabad 2.0

For all its internationalism, the Lubavitch movement continues to evince a largely parochial mentality. It is global in scope but not in outlook.Democracy and Hypocrisy

Several bills being heatedly debated in the Knesset threaten the Left—but that doesn't mean they threaten democracy.Rembrant and the Face of Jesus

Using models from Amsterdam's Jewish quarter, the Dutch master created ethnically accurate—but artistically and philosophically radical—images of Jesus.