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Blue Jew, Gray Jew

Two recent books on American Jews during the Civil War and Reconstruction answer some questions, but leave others unanswered.Under the Tuscan Sun

A small museum makes a new addition to the old Jewish ghetto of Pitigliano and to the remains of a community that first flourished in the mid-1500s. Who’s Afraid of Transparency?

Now that their funding may be investigated, some NGOs in Israel appear less than willing to be judged by their own standards.A Bridge over Doubt

In his best-selling (Hebrew) book, Micah Goodman offers a penetrating look at Maimonides on prophecy, redemption, and commandments—and provides a welcome contrast to much academic writing on these subjects.  Where the Bucks Stop

The Knesset has begun to inquire into the funding of the most virulent NGOs involved in the delegitimization of Israel. But it is looking in the wrong places.Growing Up Anglo-Jewish

Remembering a wartime youth, by the former editor of the (London) Times Literary Supplement and the author of, among other books, Shylock: Four Hundred Years in the Life of a Legend, who died yesterday at the age of seventy-five. (2001)   A Zionist Army

Alongside the increase in religious aspirants to leadership roles in the IDF, efforts are being made to imbue future officers with old-fashioned secular-Zionist values.Match Game

Born into a secular South African family, drawn into Israel's ultra-Orthodox community, Heather Sirota is now a matchmaker with hundreds of successes to her name.