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Obama, Romney, and the Jews

Voters will not necessarily have Israel in mind—but for those who do, the choice has never seemed clearer.Strindberg’s Inferno

Yes, August Strindberg took some racist, sexist, and anti-Semitic positions.  But at significant moments of his life he vigorously championed both Jews and women.British Brain Drain

With the demise of Jews' College, British Jews who want to become Orthodox rabbis are pursuing their education in the United States and Israel—and they’re not coming back.Roosevelt, Hoover, and the Jews

While Roosevelt was resisting calls to admit child refugees from Germany (and badmouthing Jews in private), his predecessor was out campaigning on behalf of European Jewry.The Educated-But-Untrained Rabbi

Concerned that Israeli congregational rabbis lack the people skills of their American counterparts, the founders of Barkai bill their new training program "a trade school for rabbis."Lekh L’kha: Right, Left

To go right or to go left—an election decision? No, that's the choice Abraham gave Lot. (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:12:01Hollywood for Haredim

A recent spate of movies by female Haredi directors has exposed secular film-goers to the ultra-Orthodox world—but has also exposed Haredi women to the cinema.Leading Germany’s Jews

The 80-year-old Holocaust survivor who leads Munich’s Jews says it wasn't until the 2006 inauguration of a synagogue in the city that she finally felt at home in Germany. (Interview by Susanne Beyer)Barak’s New Bargain

Ehud Barak’s new idea: incorporate some settlements into Israel and pull out of the rest of the West Bank.  A retreat from Zionism—or a way to save it?