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Egalitarianism and its Discontents

Why should lifelong liberal Jews seek out an Orthodox synagogue? For good and sufficient reasons.Portrayal = Betrayal?

A collection of harrowing photographs of wartime Lodz epitomizes the conundrum of Holocaust images: is it worse to reveal the horror, or to hide it?Evgeny Kissin Speaks Out

An interview with the piano prodigy on why, after a career-long reticence, he is now bent on combating anti-Israel hysteria and coaxing Jews and others to acknowledge political reality.Demography is Destiny

American Jews show a negative rate of population growth and high assimilation; Israel has different but no less disquieting problems. Needed: more Jews.  Falsehood as Fact

An Israeli high-school history textbook abandons historical truth, objectivity, and intellectual honesty in order to present competing Israeli and Palestinian "narratives."     Middle East Poker

How GOP victories in the midterm elections could help Obama's Mideast game planFear and Humbling

Philip Roth's Nemesis is yet another unashamedly didactic effort to draw attention to the author himself in what looks like an endgame strategy for overcoming mortal fear.     The Shrinking Peace Camp

Five successive blows have led to a "shrinking left" in Israeli politics, which makes today's most important contest the one between the two major parties on the right.Light and Shade

A "Holocaust detective story" is an exercise in pornographic bad taste.Quiches, Kugels, and Couscous

Like all of her cookbooks, Joan Nathan's new exploration of the Jewish cuisine of France travels much deeper than the plate.