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All Alone?

Israel is not nearly so diplomatically isolated as its critics, from within and without, would have us believe. (PDF)Frail Home?

As a physical manifestation of the bonds of community and tradition, the sukkah is at once the weakest and the strongest thing that Jews build. (PDF.) “Your wounded brother, Yaakov”

A recently discovered letter sheds new light on Jaffa's 1921 anti-Jewish pogroms.Yom Kippur at Sea

A young Maine lobsterman takes time off on Yom Kippur to mend spiritual knots and refuel for the coming year.J Street Blues

Why is an organization supposedly focused on Israel taking stances on abortion and other issues in American domestic politics?Defending Israel, Defending the West

"Delegitimizing Israel undermines our identity, warps our values, and puts at risk what we are and who we are." A September 15 speech in Washington, D.C.Lay Lady Preacher

Ray Frank, a self-described "stout opponent" of women's rights, became the first woman in memory to speak from a synagogue pulpit, delivering an 1890 Rosh Hashanah sermon.Balfour and Beyond

A 1917 decision, deriving as much from British geopolitical interests as from the unrelenting efforts of Chaim Weizmann, engendered historical consequences that are still unfolding.Marjorie at Fifty-Five

Like her creator Herman Wouk, the fictional Everygirl who happened to be Jewish was more a maverick than the bourgeois conformist she has been called.Royal Seat

In his highly decorated private theater at Herodion, King Herod occupied the box of honor, now uncovered by archaeologists.