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One Family’s History

A look inside the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam, including the recently acquired archive of the Bloch family, four "random victims" of the Shoah.The Other Scholem

Once-prominent Werner Scholem—overshadowed by his younger brother Gershom, murdered at Buchenwald, his name consigned to oblivion by his Communist colleagues—has faded into history.To Market, to Market

Hummus, tiny eggplants, coffee, olives, spices, kitchen utensils, bread molds: a visit to the souk in Akko, Israel. (With photos.)Solving the Insoluble

Gentile and Jew, a British symposium published in the mid-1940s, captures the moral and intellectual confusion of the years running up to the foundation of Israel. Little has changed.Shoah

Now re-released on its 25th anniversary, Claude Lanzmann's nine-hour documentary remains one of the noblest films ever made.Praying What We Pray

Analyzing six Jewish prayers, Barry Freundel shows how they were shaped and reshaped and became what they are today; in so doing, he revives the life of prayer itself.Generation F

Their parents' and grandparents' spiritual lives were marked by a single strong affiliation, but today's young Jews have shifting practices and allegiances. Is this fluidity good or bad for the community?What 1967 Borders?

The Palestinian Authority is demanding recognition of lines that never existed.Of Helmets and Yarmulkes

Remembering Stephen J. Solarz, who as a U.S. Congressman secured more robust protection of religious freedoms for the enlisted—starting with an Orthodox Air Force officer.Why I Voted “No”

A vote on whether women should be admitted into the International Rabbinic Fellowship prompts one Orthodox rabbi to grapple with the function of religious leadership.