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Pledges and Gag Rules

While the cause of Jewish unity is noble, a new "National Unity Pledge for Israel" is clearly intended to shut down accountability on the issue from those in power.Drowning in the Red Sea

The history of Yiddish publications in America shows what moral credit writers of the highest order were prepared to extend to the Soviet Union. Vampires, Witches, and Werewolves

Among the supernatural creatures detailed in traditional Jewish sources are women called estries, who fly, assume different forms, and suck the blood of their victims.Settlements Redux

Obama's new proposal to cope with the issue of construction in Israeli settlements is precisely the policy that Bush hammered out with prime ministers Sharon and Olmert.Ideology of Iran

Continuities between Iran's policies now and those of the Shah indicate that regime change would not dramatically alter the country's regional ambitions.The Man, the Myth, the Mouth

Pathbreaking sportscaster Howard Cosell prided himself of "telling it like it is"—but at times avoided the uncomfortable implications of being a Jew.When Qaddafi Courted the Jews

What led Qaddafi to cultivate back-channel relationships with Jews and the U.S. over the past decade? And why were Jews receptive to the dictator's overtures?Torch Song

Inscribed in the figure of Liberty herself, Emma Lazarus' "The New Colossus" is a good-bad poem whose luster is inseparable from its occasion.