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Seeing Iran Plain

If we are to negotiate with Iran, or to help break the spell of its tyranny, we must first understand the country's culture, its history, and what Iranians value in their leaders. (PDF)Eat, Shave, Chant

The strange and wonderful pilgrimage of Bratzlaver Hasidim to Uman, Ukraine. (With slide show.)No Justice, No Peace

Until anti-Semitism is purged, and until every minority group in the Middle East enjoys the rights of religious and cultural minorities in Israel, there will be no peace.Falafelism

From Montreal to Haifa, a documentary film records the search for the world's best falafel. (With video.)In the Heights

A visit to the Golan—a safe and spectacular region with an uncertain future—and conversations with some of its inhabitants. (With photos.)Rise and Fall

The academic study of Judaism flourishes at secular American universities, but at the price of a decline in centers of Jewish-sponsored scholarship and its accompanying values.Double-Talk

Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf has a history of saying one thing to Western audiences and another to Muslim ones. (Part 1 of 2; part 2 is here.)The Old Home

A panoramic survey of East European Jewry in the decades of the great emigration to America paints a picture very different from the conventional image of a slower, simpler "old world."Gimme Shelter

From hemp-fiber scrims and wooden helixes to disused cardboard signs: vote for the sukkah of the future. (With slideshow.)Islamism, Veiled and Unveiled

A review of The Flight of the Intellectuals draws two critiques, one by them by the author, and a reply by the reviewer.