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What Israel-Palestinian Peace Won’t Fix

A useful fiction to Western governments, even more useful as a propaganda tool of Arab and Muslim regimes, the term "linkage" masks an empty and dangerous illusion.Grand Delusion

When it came to nationalism, the late historian and intellectual Tony Judt kept one set of books for Europe and the world and another, invidious one, for the Jewish state.Hasidism Spoken Here

Yehuda Krinsky, the Chabad leader named by Newsweek as America's most influential rabbi, answers questions about the Rebbe, Bob Dylan, Mayor Bloomberg, e-mail, and more.As Darkness Falls

Two Dutch novels of the Holocaust, published in 1947 and 1962 and only now available in English, are revelations: subtle and penetrating studies of the human heart, and literary masterworks.Is the Enemy of My Enemy My Friend?

Not necessarily—but, facing the threat of a nuclear Iran, some Arab nations are quietly recalibrating their policy toward Israel.Beware the Spiritual Splitters

In England, the recent increase in "alternative" services catering to specific tastes and sub-groups is dramatically depleting once-thriving synagogues. Dear Mayor Bloomberg

On the planned mosque at Ground Zero: freedom of religion is a wonderful thing, but what if the religion acts like a conquering army? A Syrian expatriate's warning.Out Boise Way

In Caldwell, Idaho, a college with fewer than 1,000 students is raising funds to honor a beloved professor by establishing a chair in Jewish studies.Hands-on Archaeology

American students digging at a ninth-century B.C.E. site near the ancient Philistine city of Gath, the hometown of Goliath, have learned a great deal about the archaeologist's craft—and about biblical history.