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“Your work stinks of Judaism”

Vasily Grossman achieved immense popularity as a journalist covering World War II. That's why it came as such a shock to the Soviet authorities when he submitted the manuscript of Life and Fate. Detroit Rising

Like thousands of other young Jews from Michigan, Blair Nosan left the beleaguered state. But then, unexpectedly part of a young Jewish renaissance in the Motor City, she came back.Who Killed Rafiq Tagi?

The Azeris wanted a modern, relatively secular state, prosperous and with equality for women. But the walls are closing in on them as Iranian and Islamist forces take hold.Jews, Christians, and Judeo-Christians

The earliest disciples of Jesus were observant Jews, but their distinctive doctrines have been obscured by the Gentile church that supplanted them.The Hasidic Imagination

Hasidic tales show the ideals to which Eastern European Jews aspired, reflecting folk wisdom and the hallowing of the everyday. So are they authentic, or mere literary creations?Isn’t, Wasn’t, and Won’t Be

Palestinians know that Fatah and Hamas would rather preserve the status quo than risk losing financial aid because of a unity government.If I Forget Thee, O Manhattan

A generation after Bernard Malamud and Leslie Fiedler took academic appointments in the Northwest, a latter-day New York intellectual puts down roots in Portland. (Includes obscene language.)Songs of Wonder

Known for Middle Eastern, African, and Hasidic motifs in her music, Basya Schechter has added the little-known Yiddish verse of Abraham Joshua Heschel into the mix. (Audio)