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Be Joyful

"And you will rejoice," the Bible commands with regard to Sukkot. But can even God summon up joy on demand? (2010) Ladies, Start Your Engines

Are King Abdullah's announced reforms really a step forward for women in Saudi Arabia? (PDF)Myrtle, Date Palm, Willow, Citron

What do the "four species" of Sukkot signify? A botanist finds an agricultural interpretation that would have been readily available to an ancient Israelite farmer. (PDF, 1982)Dreyfus, My Child

In a rare Yiddish song, Captain Alfred Dreyfus is transformed into a child in the crib, representing the entire suffering Jewish people. (With audio)The Chinese Kabbalist

In an interview, the scholar Ying Han reveals her first impressions of Jews, the similarities between Hillel's teachings and Confucianism, and how a translating assignment led her to pursue a PhD in Jewish literature and Kabbalah.The Heartbreaking Boy Gilad

There are many good reasons to oppose the deal for the release of Gilad Shalit.  But until history has its say, let us rejoice in the kidnapped soldier's homecoming.A State is Born

How did the (possibly pro-Arab) United Nations Special Committee on Palestine come to recommend the creation of Israel in 1947?Mighty Jacobson

However darkly comic and compelling, the thick Manchester jargon and Yiddishisms of Howard Jacobson's Mighty Walzer may prove prohibitive for American readers.      Ignoring Hamas

Rather than deal with troubling Palestinian realities, world leaders seem to pay attention to Gaza only when there is a confrontation involving Israel.