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Captivated by the Scrolls

In a late-life summing up, the prolific Oxford scholar Geza Vermes has published a comprehensive look at "the miraculous discovery and true significance" of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the community that produced them.The Banality of Anti-Semitism

Steeling oneself against an evil that presents itself with an ordinary, innocuous face.Radical Islam and Western Liberals

In his new study of contemporary political morality, Paul Berman exposes the repudiation by liberal intellectuals of liberal values and ideals.Unmasking Tariq Ramadan, and Ourselves

When it comes to honesty and clarity, indispensable liberal virtues, Arabs can derive much benefit from reading Paul Berman's The Flight of the Intellectuals. (By the opinion editor of the Beirut Daily Star.)A Forgotten Zionist

A new Hebrew-language biography reintroduces Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, a fighter for Zionism on the American scene and within the Reform movement, and a model worth retrieving.Iran’s Jews: How Much Longer?

On the remnants of a once-proud community.Love Among the Relics

A distinguished Jerusalem museum would have remained in Canada had the collector not fallen for a tough-talking New York businesswoman with a vision.A Shavuot Enigma

The holiday marks God's giving of the Torah to Israel at Mount Sinai. In an illuminated manuscript from 1296, what are the Israelites doing crowded behind a window, inside the mountain?What Red Lines?

Like Bill Clinton before him, Barack Obama wants to know how much Israel is prepared to concede. He is unlikely to get further than his predecessor.What the Besht Left Behind

On the 250th anniversary of his death, the legacy of the founder of Hasidism deserves to be not only honored but celebrated.