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Crescent Rising

A new book presents early Islam as tolerant, open, and ecumenical—an appealing picture, but false to the historical record.What Israel-Palestinian Peace Won’t Fix

A useful fiction to Western governments, even more useful as a propaganda tool of Arab and Muslim regimes, the term "linkage" masks an empty and dangerous illusion.Grand Delusion

When it came to nationalism, the late historian and intellectual Tony Judt kept one set of books for Europe and the world and another, invidious one, for the Jewish state.Hasidism Spoken Here

Yehuda Krinsky, the Chabad leader named by Newsweek as America's most influential rabbi, answers questions about the Rebbe, Bob Dylan, Mayor Bloomberg, e-mail, and more.Cantors, Klezmorim, and Crooners

A wide-ranging compilation of Jewish soul music from the first half of the 20th century has been skillfully re-mastered and released in a 3-CD set. (With audio clips.)He Stayed Behind

Born in Nuremberg, Germany in 1923, escaping to Palestine in 1939, returning after the war to find his parents still alive, Arno Hamburger remained by their side until their deaths; at eighty-seven, he heads the city's Jewish community.Dear Mayor Bloomberg

On the planned mosque at Ground Zero: freedom of religion is a wonderful thing, but what if the religion acts like a conquering army? A Syrian expatriate's warning.Out Boise Way

In Caldwell, Idaho, a college with fewer than 1,000 students is raising funds to honor a beloved professor by establishing a chair in Jewish studies.As Darkness Falls

Two Dutch novels of the Holocaust, published in 1947 and 1962 and only now available in English, are revelations: subtle and penetrating studies of the human heart, and literary masterworks.Is the Enemy of My Enemy My Friend?

Not necessarily—but, facing the threat of a nuclear Iran, some Arab nations are quietly recalibrating their policy toward Israel.