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For Hebrew Sailors

A 1773 Hebrew-English-Spanish lexicon includes a glossary of terms for life on the high seas.Life Fugues

A well-known concert pianist, deported at age thirty-nine to Theresienstadt, Alice Sommer Herz is now, at one-hundred-six, the oldest living Holocaust survivor. (Video)Sin City on the Sea

A "truly diverse 21st-century Mediterranean hub," Tel Aviv ranks third among the world's top cities on the popular Lonely Planet website.Vargas Llosa and the Israel Question

The newest Nobel Laureate in Literature dissents politically from his left-leaning peers, but his uninformed and prejudiced view of Netanyahu prevents him from seeing the Middle East straight. (Scroll down for English.)The Crooked Finger of Anti-Semitism

A hatred so protean, resilient, and politically useful may never be entirely expunged; but that does not mean it is invulnerable.Escape Artist

A New York exhibit is devoted to Erich Weiss, the rabbi's son who turned everyday objects into magical displays, and himself into the world's most famous magician.The Morocco-Israel Standoff

Morocco is a seismograph for Israel's standing in the Arab world. Currently, it's pretty low.Outmastering James

Cynthia Ozick's new novel, Foreign Bodies, complements and elevates the moral and political complexities of Henry James's The Ambassadors, while taking on a fervid emotional life of its own.Tainted Demands

Mahmoud Abbas has made it abundantly clear why he refuses to recognize Israel as a Jewish state; it is blindness and denial for others to pretend otherwise.Rising Star of David

Across Africa, tribes are claiming Jewish descent and identification with Israel has become increasingly common.