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Demography is Destiny

American Jews show a negative rate of population growth and high assimilation; Israel has different but no less disquieting problems. Needed: more Jews.  Falsehood as Fact

An Israeli high-school history textbook abandons historical truth, objectivity, and intellectual honesty in order to present competing Israeli and Palestinian "narratives."      Middle East Poker

How GOP victories in the midterm elections could help Obama's Mideast game planFear and Humbling

Philip Roth's Nemesis is yet another unashamedly didactic effort to draw attention to the author himself in what looks like an endgame strategy for overcoming mortal fear.     What the Bishops Got Wrong

In a statement meant to be fully and intensely Christian, a synod of Middle East Catholic bishops singled out Israel for blame and criticism—hardly fair, much less Christian.Boredom and Judaism

Spiritual boredom, that is. According to Erica Brown, it needs to be embraced, and it also needs to be overcome.The Shrinking Peace Camp

Five successive blows have led to a "shrinking left" in Israeli politics, which makes today's most important contest the one between the two major parties on the right.Light and Shade

A "Holocaust detective story" is an exercise in pornographic bad taste.Quiches, Kugels, and Couscous

Like all of her cookbooks, Joan Nathan's new exploration of the Jewish cuisine of France travels much deeper than the plate.