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A Livorno Tongue

While Bagitto is still spoken today, and you can buy a "roschette" in any Livorno pastry shop, studying the Judeo-Italian dialect is no easy task.Beyond the Actors Studio

Jack Garfein survived Bergen-Belsen to become a monumental figure of the American theater and make two filmsThe Church of Israel Divestment

Even as the American religious Left has kept relatively silent about Muammar Qaddafi's war against his own Libyan people, it continues to promote anti-Israel initiatives.Sea Change?

Unlike their leaders, and unreported in the media, ordinary West Bank Palestinians have condemned the murders in Itamar unequivocally, in Arabic and Hebrew, in front of the camera. Can this lead somewhere hopeful?Act of War

Iran's recent attempt to ship arms to Hamas in Gaza is an act that fully justifies an Israeli armed response.A Life on the Yiddish Stage

A look back at the continent-spanning career of Shifra Lerer, the recently deceased actress and comedienne. (With three-part video interview)The Origins of Purim

Why was not even one copy of the scroll of Esther found among the Dead Sea Scrolls?—and other mysteries of Purim.Because They Were Jews

A New York memorial service for the slain members of the Fogel family was a reminder of how the Jews survive and of the fact that Israel and America are in a common struggle. (With a link to watch the service online)A Mask for Janus

Yasir Arafat's two-faced game involved diplomacy on the one hand, terror on the other; Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayyad's game is more refined, and more dangerous.Witness to History

An American arrived in Berlin in 1932 intending to study German labor unions; he ended up keeping a diary of the Nazi takeover.