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Wishful Thinking

From the European Union to the Arab Spring, predictions of a bright future have been confounded by sober reality. Yet still few are prepared to listen to the prophets of gloom.Building Bauhaus

As the Bauhaus school of architecture fell afoul of Nazi aesthetic diktats, its adherents were left looking for new pastures in which to build—and many found them in Mandate Palestine.Invoking Auschwitz

Although the Right has made insensitive Holocaust comparisons in the past, the Left must realize that another attempted genocide of the Jews is a real possibility. Churchill’s Solution

What did Churchill see as fatal to parliamentary democracy?  "Semicircular assemblies with buildings that give every member . . . a lid to bang."  Sounds rather like the Knesset, doesn't it?    Secrets of the Patio Tomb

In Jerusalem, a team of archeologists claims to have found not only the earliest known Christian burial site, but the earliest known archeological evidence of Christianity.The Jewish Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

Many of the moral issues modern Jews face with money are similar to the ones Jews have confronted for generations. And in many cases, rabbinic rulings still offer wise counsel.Quote, Unquote

Though amply corroborated, a quotation from Martin Luther King, Jr. has nevertheless seen a politically-driven attempt to discredit it. Happy-Sad Face

When Nathan Englander isn't shrink-wrapping history, his crude literary appropriations spotlight the flimsiness of his plotting and the cautious plodding of his prose.