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Torch Song

Inscribed in the figure of Liberty herself, Emma Lazarus' "The New Colossus" is a good-bad poem whose luster is inseparable from its occasion.Ideology of Iran

Continuities between Iran's policies now and those of the Shah indicate that regime change would not dramatically alter the country's regional ambitions.Assad, Abbas, and the Arab World

Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren explains how the ouster of Syria's dictator could be beneficial to Israel—and how a Palestinian state at this time would do immense harm to the prospects for peace. (With video)Point Man

Even after half a century of improved Catholic-Jewish relations, the Vatican's liaison to world Jewry does not have an easy job.Sex, Drugs, and Tourism

Birthright Israel has spent $600 million treating more than 260,000 young Jews to educational tours of Israel. Will it change the trajectory of Jewish life in the Diaspora?Physician, Explain Thyself

How can we account for the Babylonian Talmud's medical advice, which in many cases seems to have been transmitted retrojectively?The Lord is My . . . Lumberjack?

The topic of biblical translation deserves a good book for a general readership. But one recent effort is problematic at best—and preposterous at worst.The Oddest Alliance

By refusing to directly confront Iran's provocations, the United States has become the Islamic Republic's key ally in its march toward a nuclear bomb.The King versus Bloom

By temperament a strong misreader, the Hebrew Bible is a mine of riches for Harold Bloom. The King James version of it, considered solely as the fine and faithful translation that it is, is less so.Mere Anarchy

Vivian Gornick's study of the famed anarchist and sexual rebel Emma Goldman so effectively entwines the lives of author and subject that one is not always sure if Gornick is referring to Goldman or to herself.