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A Tale of Two Cities

Why is the Turkish conquest of Istanbul good, but Israel's repatriation of Jerusalem in a war of self-defense bad? Part II of a two-part series; part I is here.The Lost Dream of Spring

Toppling regimes like Mubarak's in Egypt and Ben Ali's in Tunisia has shown the problem is not merely the regimes; it is the character of the societies that give rise to them.The Partition Debate

Conceding political control over part of the land of Israel is a decision that can be made only by Israelis—on the basis, and for the sake, of a common Zionist ideal.Inventing the Kollel

Institutions funding full-time Torah study, a staple of ultra-Orthodoxy, are not a revival of European tradition; they are an innovation, and go against the normative Jewish approach.Sleeping with the Gestapo

The sexual adventures of a beautiful young American led her from the embrace of Nazis to the embrace of Soviet Communists; as for the Jews, she said to a friend, "We sort of don't like [them] anyway."Beneath Black Hats and Shtreimels

With some noteworthy results, American movies and television are beginning to present Hasidim not as caricatures but as actual individuals; still, there's a long way to go. The Game Changer

Development of Israel's immense energy resources will turn the country into a major exporter, helping to reverse the West's dependence on OPEC and the need to appease Middle Eastern regimes.A Belmont Backstory

In the 1869 Belmont Stakes, named after the Jewish financier August Belmont, the jockey and trainer Jacob Pincus—remembered after his death as "this matchless Jew"—made racing history.Israel and the Arab Uprisings

Efforts to link the Palestinian conflict with Israel to the Arab Spring have led to the most outlandish claims, and those who make such claims are hardly unblemished themselves.