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The House of Dreams

When Iraqis remember their country's first minister of finance, a Jew named Sassoon Eskell (1860-1932), they still say, "God bless his memory."You Say You Want a Revolution

The fall of Middle East tyrants should be celebrated, but it is hard to be euphoric when so much of the future remains unclear and so much of the past is littered with wreckage.Balkan Kabbalah

A new novel by the Serbian Jewish writer David Albahari is a passionate exploration of Balkan Jewish identity from the Ottoman era to the present.It Ain’t Necessarily So

Textual disparities between the traditional Jewish Bible and the Samaritan Bible, which dates back to the Second Temple period, may reflect the process of editing.The Taste of Jewish Life

What does Hadassah's archive of cookbooks tell us about the interplay between Jewishness and American identity from the 1920s to today?Master Narratives

Distilling generations of Jewish historical writing, a scholar locates what has endured—and why—and enjoins his peers to produce work that will itself endure.Damage Done

Richard Goldstone's mea culpa can be welcomed for its better-late-than-never candor, but the damage his notorious report has caused Israel cannot be exaggerated or undone. Hitting the Tea Kettle

A visit to Michael Tilson Thomas's rehearsal of a multimedia tribute to his grandparents, the Yiddish theater greats Boris and Bessie Thomashefsky.A Two-Way Street?

American Jews are becoming more informed about Israel; it's time for Israelis to learn more about American Jews.