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Klein’s Nachtmusik

"May my publisher be drowned in ink, may he be crushed between presses, may the printer's devil take him"—and other dyspeptic dispatches from A.M. Klein.I’m Waiting for the Ham

Some Jewish sources suggest that pig will one day be kosher. Come again? From Esperanza to Shprintze

"In English my name means hope," says the heroine of Sandra Cisneros's House on Mango Street.  What does it mean in Yiddish?Breaking up Monopolies

Israel just passed legislation that, over time, may dramatically reduce the cost of living by increasing competition. And nobody noticed.The Practice of Musar

The Conservative movement likes to see itself as intellectual one. But it might have something to learn from a 19th-century movement of strenuous moral development.On the Roots of Israel’s Culture Wars

The ongoing conflict between religious and secular worldviews expresses itself in competing visions of Israel's system of law. (Interview by David Green)Hail to the Chief?

Now that modern-day Judaism is losing ground as a uniform community in Britain, many are asking whether the chief rabbi can—or should—continue to try to unite Jewry under a single umbrella.Blurring the Line

How does the media whitewash Muslim persecution of Christians? One way is to evoke "sectarian strife," a phrase that conjures images of two equally matched adversaries fighting.