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Songs for the Jewish-American Jet Set

In the 50's and 60's, the independent Tikva Records cranked out everything from Israeli folk and klezmer to cantorial singing, Catskills comedy, and political spoken word. (With audio)When Einstein Met Tagore

It was staged to be a media sensation when "the thinker with the head of a poet" met "the poet with the head of a thinker." But on philosophical matters, the two titans stood poles apart.The Judeo-Christian Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

In this perilous economic climate, we should remember the lesson of the world's first economist, the biblical Joseph: Years of plenty tend to be followed by years of hardship.Dennis Ross’ Legacy

While the peace process seems as moribund as when the U.S. Mideast envoy last left it in 2000, Iran's isolation might be counted as Ross' success. Tropical Storm

Decades before his obscenity trials would prove him right, Henry Miller wrote in his ambivalently anti-Semitic Tropic of Cancer that "the first people to turn to when you're down and out are the Jews." (Includes obscene language.)In the Red Army

Half a million Jews fought for the Soviet Union during its bloody encounter with Nazi Germany; many felt they had "an extra score to settle with Hitler" after finding out about the Holocaust. Persian Incursion

Want to know what would happen if Israel launched an air strike on Iran's nuclear facilities? There's a board game for that.The “Mañana” Approach

The recent UN report confirming Iran's nuclear capabilities has a disturbing subtext: for a decade, Israeli intelligence postponed taking necessary action.