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The Resistance in Lebanon

With Hizballah's power grab, the mantle of resistance moves to the March 14 movement that won Lebanon's elections. But will they resist, and will the U.S. back them?Al-Jazeera’s Show Trial

The "Palestine Papers" seem designed to deprive the West Bank leadership of what is left of its credibility; they may succeed.Learning from Reynolds Price

Why can't American Jewish writers give as much serious and deep thought to their religion as the late novelist, a self-declared "outlaw Christian," gave to his? Mishpatim: Hebrew Slaves and their Masters

"Should you purchase a Hebrew slave [eved ivri], he shall labor for six years and go free, gratis, in the seventh." This week's portion commences with a topic that is of poignant and almost eerie pertinence in this period of upheaval caused by economic straits, when many Jews have increasingly been compelled to depend on communal and philanthropic welfare. How does a Jew become a slave? And can another Jew become a slave master? On the Brink

In Lebanon, the West stumbles along the precipice of a slow-motion defeat, whose tremors will be felt in the Israel-Arab dispute and across the region.“Blessed is the Match”

Through her personal artifacts, diary, and poetry, a New York exhibit tells the story of the Zionist heroine Hannah Senesh, caught in Hungary and executed by the Nazis at the age of twenty-three.Behind the Man

Sonia Peres, Israel's late first lady, wasn't politically involved, or so goes the usual story; the real story is much more interesting.Rhapsody in Blue

Chagall's newly restored America Windows, completed in 1977, have a thoroughly American story; they also reprise the work he did in 1920 for the Moscow Yiddish Theatre.