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Recanting Cant

The infamous author of the Goldstone Report now shames those, especially in South Africa, who conflate the situation in Israel and the West Bank with the old apartheid system. We are the 50%

While hopes for democracy in Arab states have never been so great, the future of the region's women is precarious. But the United States can be of significant help.After Weegee

Although her name comes up only late in the book, Susan Sontag is the grand antagonist of a series of essays on contemporary Jewish American photographers.What’s in a (Jewish) Name?

Hunting for baby names, one Talmud scholar riffles through a lexicon of Jewish names in antiquity.Ars gratia artis

As the number of Israel's liberal arts students plummets to an all-time low, new initiatives are arising to reverse the decline.Hear O Oceania

In this arresting video, a tribe of Papua New Guineans recites the Sh'ma prayer (Deuteronomy 6:4).Roots of Resistance

Painfully shy, prone to melancholy, and known for his tragicomically inert stage characters, Samuel Beckett was, in fact, a dynamic member of the French Resistance.Technicolor Metropolis

Far from an account of daily life, a "biography" of Jerusalem unleashes 3,000 years of kings, killers, prophets, pretenders, caliphs, crusaders, and orgiasts, all surfing an ocean of blood.Mozart’s Jewish Opera

Don Giovanni exploits the most common motif in the Western canon; yet few can hear the bitter laughter of Spain's Jews resounding behind the music.Repairing the Cracks

Twelve years ago, a massive earthquake prompted Turkey to improve ties with Greece. A recent quake should spur it to seize a similar opportunity with Israel.