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History Repeats Itself

The U.S. and its allies are moving in Syria toward a program of covert support for the rebels that looks very much like what America did in Afghanistan in the 1980s.The Wedding Guests Have Goose Feet

In postwar America, I.B. Singer was the one who made it—into English, into the pages of Playboy and Esquire and the New Yorker, into big Hollywood movies, into being thought “modern.”  But the identity politics that worked for Singer in the short term risk making him unread now.Nostalgia with a Jewish Soul

Michael Chabon’s latest novel conjures up the alternative reality of a San Francisco unspoiled by the tensions that complicate today’s relationship between Jews and African-Americans.Holocaust Museums, Yesterday and Today

It isn’t only the history of the Holocaust that you see on display in Israel’s Holocaust museums. It’s also the history of the history of the Holocaust.No Daughter of Mine . . . .

There are Palestinians and Palestinians.  Why do 60 percent of Israeli Arabs say they would not let their daughters marry a West Bank Palestinian?How Jewish is Obama?

Does Barack Obama have, as some supporters say, a “Jewish soul”?  Is he “the most Jewish president we’ve ever had”? Why do we care?Who Owns Israel?

Did the Israeli ambassador tell the DNC chair that Republicans are bad for Israel?  The ambassador denies it.  The DNC chair says she was misquoted.  Roll the tape . . . . Support for Israel Lite

As in years past, the 2012 platform of the national Democratic Party affirms its unwavering support for Israel’s security interests, right?  Well, not exactly.Was Bach an Anti-Semite?

His St. John Passion has anti-Jewish passages, and Hitler loved him.  But in light of Bach’s life, it is no surprise that his work was preserved by Jews.Swedes Wear Kippot—with Police Protection

Sweden recently saw a striking event: Swedish Jews, normally invisible, demonstrating by wearing kippot en masse.  They needed the police guard to protect against Islamic extremists.