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Breaking the Syria-Iran Axis

The greatest opportunity to curb Iran's ambitions is sitting on the world's doorstep.Unless the Lord Guardeth the City . . .

A volunteer security patrol has a beef with just about everyone in Brooklyn: the messianist yeshiva boys, a rival patrol, even the police. Still, the Shomrim are key players in the fight for the neighborhood.The Gospel According to the Jews

"Why would I read that hateful, anti-Semitic disgusting book?" A volume of the New Testament, with commentary by Jewish scholars, provides ample reason.Incalculable Losses

When the Nazis rose to power, one-third of all math professors in Germany were Jewish. A new exhibit highlights the contributions of—and injustices done to—these trailblazing scholars.Marriage and Morals

While the Torah explicitly commands Jews to procreate, it never definitively demands marriage. That being the case, does Jewish law ever permit extramarital sex?Open House

Rahm Emanuel is now mayor of Chicago, Dan Shapiro turned down the position of Middle East desk chief, and Dennis Ross has resigned. Is there anyone left in the White House who understands Israel?The Mentalist

While Erik Jan Hanussen could hypnotize women into "the throes of orgasm" and use handwriting to discern intimate details of a person's life, his greatest trick was luring the Nazis into a deep, dependent alliance with a Jew.The Progressive Case for Israel

There are reasons to be ambivalent about nationalism. But Israel now exists in the material world, so to treat it merely as an idea or as a political movement makes it possible to think of eliminating it too.Faith is Not Quite the Word

The scholar of religion talks about Israel, interreligious friendship, trends in American Judaism, and her own practice, including saying kaddish for her father, sociographer Milton Himmelfarb. (Interview by Robert George)What a Country!

One year after immigrating to New York, the celebrated Yiddish humorist used his powers of observation—and embellishment—to describe the new country. (1915, translated by Curt Leviant)