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Mere Anarchy

Vivian Gornick's study of the famed anarchist and sexual rebel Emma Goldman so effectively entwines the lives of author and subject that one is not always sure if Gornick is referring to Goldman or to herself.The First Obligation of Statehood

A cohesive Israeli society depends on the ability of the Jewish state to protect its minorities, both Jewish and non-Jewish, physically and culturally.The Lord is My . . . Lumberjack?

The topic of biblical translation deserves a good book for a general readership. But one recent effort is problematic at best—and preposterous at worst.The Oddest Alliance

By refusing to directly confront Iran's provocations, the United States has become the Islamic Republic's key ally in its march toward a nuclear bomb. The King versus Bloom

By temperament a strong misreader, the Hebrew Bible is a mine of riches for Harold Bloom. The King James version of it, considered solely as the fine and faithful translation that it is, is less so.Trotsky the Jew

Can the Russian revolutionary be treated as an "eminent Jewish figure"? A new book attempts to do just that—and glides over the more savage features of Trotsky's thought and behavior in the process.Otherwise Occupied

Occupy Wall Street protesters are trying to prevent their movement from turning against the Jews—but they may come head-to-head with an old, hard truth about anti-Semitism.Putting the Pieces Together

An ambitious new project aims to digitize the entire Cairo Genizah, thus virtually reassembling half a million document fragments scattered around the world.Nature, Nurture, and the Nobel Prize

The case study of Jewish IQ can reveal not only the source and nature of intelligence, but whether we as a society are mature enough to debate these questions honestly.