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Mighty Jacobson

However darkly comic and compelling, the thick Manchester jargon and Yiddishisms of Howard Jacobson's Mighty Walzer may prove prohibitive for American readers.      Ignoring Hamas

Rather than deal with troubling Palestinian realities, world leaders seem to pay attention to Gaza only when there is a confrontation involving Israel.Born Again

There is pervasive anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism on British campuses; just ask a British student, raised to venerate Hitler as a hero, who has now become a Zionist.Who am I?

In a 1988 talk, Saul Bellow ponders in what order he is a writer, an American, and a Jew—and why.The Failure of the Arab Spring

This year's uprisings have not brought and for the foreseeable future are unlikely to bring democracy to the Arab world.Small Victory

By ostentatiously listing himself as "without religion," the novelist Yoram Kaniuk has confirmed the failure of secular Israelis to provide an alternative vision of Judaism.Her Price is Far Above . . . .

The King James Version puts the price of a virtuous woman above "rubies"; others say "pearls" or "corals." Who is right?Hope Springs Talmudic

Unfolding beyond the crush of defeat, the Talmud's vigorous spirit of inquiry represents a great, resilient optimism.Yom Kippur at Sea

A young Maine lobsterman takes time off on Yom Kippur to mend spiritual knots and refuel for the coming year. (2010)Rebbe Redux

Haim Be'er's masterful new novel does something unique in Israeli literature: it examines the inner life of an ultra-Orthodox rabbi.