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Shalit’s Return: Summing Up

“The bottom line is that the soldier came home and started a new life, and Israeli society held firm to the solidarity for which is it famous.”The Storyteller’s Gift

Retrospective, the new novel by Israeli writer A.B. Yehoshua, “undertakes to conjure nothing less than the enigmatic, irresistible majesty of the past that governs human action.”Memorializing the Rav

On the occasion of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik's 20th yahrzeit, some thoughts on how his thought will be conveyed to a generation that did not know him.Mimouna: Gold and Leavened Bread

The traditional post-Pesach celebration by Moroccan Jews may commemorate Maimonides’ father—or the Egyptian gold that washed up on the shore of the Red Sea.Another Post-Pesach Celebration

Two craft brewers near Portland, Oregon, celebrate Passover’s end by making Matzobraü, with crushed-up leftover matzah added to the fermenting mash.  Only whole wheat matzah, of course. Israeli Natural Gas Field Comes on Line

Gas from the offshore Tamar reservoir began flowing this week, moving Israel toward energy independence.  Questions have been raised about why the journey had to start on Shabbat.Historic Damascus Synagogue Looted and Destroyed

It is an unsurprising tragedy: The Jobar Synagogue, 2,000 years old, has been burned to the ground.  The rebels blame the government.  The government blames rebels and Zionist agents.Somewhere in Africa

The British tried to convert them to Christianity; Idi Amin forced many to become Muslims.  But Uganda’s Jews, though dating back no further than the 20th century, are unmistakably Jewish.