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Mozart’s Jewish Opera

Don Giovanni exploits the most common motif in the Western canon; yet few can hear the bitter laughter of Spain's Jews resounding behind the music.Repairing the Cracks

Twelve years ago, a massive earthquake prompted Turkey to improve ties with Greece. A recent quake should spur it to seize a similar opportunity with Israel.Strange Gods

Why did T.S. Eliot, who made anti-Semitism into an art form, have a signed photo of Groucho Marx hanging on his wall?Hamas vs. Islamic Jihad

With the backing of Iran and Syria, Islamic Jihad has become a major player in the Gaza Strip, and is beginning to emerge as a serious challenge to the Hamas regime. Roots of Resistance

Painfully shy, prone to melancholy, and known for his tragicomically inert stage characters, Samuel Beckett was, in fact, a dynamic member of the French Resistance.Technicolor Metropolis

Far from an account of daily life, a "biography" of Jerusalem unleashes 3,000 years of kings, killers, prophets, pretenders, caliphs, crusaders, and orgiasts, all surfing an ocean of blood. Dead Sea Discoveries

In a new exhibition, the Dead Sea Scrolls are treated not as the beginning of a history, but as its culmination—almost the reverse of their usual treatment.Gertrude Stein’s Vichy Protector

The modernist writer's dogged role as anti-Semitic propagandist was enabled by dapper Vichy bureaucrat Bernard Faÿ, who not only guaranteed her safety but solidified her status as a literary star.