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Syrian Dreams

Although many expect Syria to degenerate into radicalization if Assad falls, Israel's minister of foreign affairs refuses to give up hope that Syria's middle class could build a liberal democracy.Ghost Train

Over seventy years after the fact, and in spite of pressure from American legislators, the French national rail company still refuses to admit its role in transporting Jews to concentration camps. Under African Skies

When a teenage member of a Pentecostal church in Cameroon decided to convert to Judaism, he was at a loss as to how to proceed, having never met a single Jew or heard of any in the country.Nesting Dolls

Twenty years after their Russian exodus, the lives of Jews who emigrated to the U.S., Israel, and Germany differ markedly from those who stayed in Russia.Proxy War

Although Israelis have come to expect rocket attacks from Gaza, this time the perpetrators are not Hamas agents but Iranian proxies. And however the conflict develops, Tehran will come out on top. Meet the “Octet”

To order an attack on Iran, Benjamin Netanyahu would need to persuade an informal eight-man "security cabinet" that represents the leaders of his political coalition.The Freud Wars

Could Freud's lucidity and directness help explain why his writings continue to be so troubling, and why his detractors cannot let him go?AIPAC Appeal

While AIPAC's strength may be good for Israel in the short-term, the long-term trend of political organizations growing at the expense of synagogues is bad for American Jewish communal life.