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Can Terrorism Be Solved?

According to a new book, the history of Israeli counterterrorism is a case study in tactical excellence consistently undermined by strategic failure. Really?Italy Against the Jews

From boycotts of Israeli products to boycotts of stores owned by Jews to demonizations of Jews in the liberal press, anti-Semitism has once again become fashionable in Italy.From Babel to Babylon

A beautifully produced book highlights, through the spectacular collections of three European museums, the life and culture of an ancient city. A Tale of Two Cities

Why is the Turkish conquest of Istanbul good, but Israel's repatriation of Jerusalem in a war of self-defense bad? Part II of a two-part series; part I is here.The Lost Dream of Spring

Toppling regimes like Mubarak's in Egypt and Ben Ali's in Tunisia has shown the problem is not merely the regimes; it is the character of the societies that give rise to them.The Partition Debate

Conceding political control over part of the land of Israel is a decision that can be made only by Israelis—on the basis, and for the sake, of a common Zionist ideal.Inventing the Kollel

Institutions funding full-time Torah study, a staple of ultra-Orthodoxy, are not a revival of European tradition; they are an innovation, and go against the normative Jewish approach.Sleeping with the Gestapo

The sexual adventures of a beautiful young American led her from the embrace of Nazis to the embrace of Soviet Communists; as for the Jews, she said to a friend, "We sort of don't like [them] anyway."Beneath Black Hats and Shtreimels

With some noteworthy results, American movies and television are beginning to present Hasidim not as caricatures but as actual individuals; still, there's a long way to go.