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Where are the Red Lines?

New diplomacy between the U.S. and Israel has prompted conversations over what triggers would justify a preemptive attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.“Fight Judaization!”

The tour of Arab capitals being conducted by Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh demonstrates that Hamas' goal is not only to destroy the State of Israel but to eradicate Jewish history.Helen Frankenthaler

Three essays on the life's work of the recently deceased abstract artist, including one on the painting that made her famous, Mountains and Sea (1952).Key Decision

After 1,500 years, an index to the Talmud has been created—and not by a white-bearded sage, but by a courtly, clean-shaven, tennis-playing immigration lawyer from the Bronx.Those Who Came Before

"Just as a person must find for himself a teacher in this world, so too a person must find for himself a teacher in the next world," said Simcha Bunim. The commemoration of yahrzeits is an ideal way to do so.Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel

Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Safran shows readers inside his collection of the Hanukkah tops, one of the loveliest and largest in the world. (Photos)The Woman Who Turned Writers into Stars

For years, the statements of German Jewish photographer Gisèle Freund have inspired a vast amount of repetitiously superficial commentary. Now her images are overdue for a new look.Vayigash: Wagons Ho!

 After Joseph reveals his identity to his brothers, he instructs them to return to Canaan and bring Jacob down to Egypt. When they inform Jacob that Joseph is not merely alive but the vice-regent of Egypt, "his heart became numb because he could not believe them" (45:26).Kosher Food for Gentiles

As mainstream brands increasingly pitch to consumers who keep kosher, Manischewitz is doing the opposite: creating kosher products you can serve for Easter dinner.