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Assisted Suicide

Who is hurt most when the Western press gives credence to anti-Israel propaganda?The Other Good Earth

Pearl S. Buck's Peony, written in 1948, tells the affecting story of a Chinese bondmaid sold into a Jewish family in Kaifeng.    Sharing the Burden

Why Jerusalem has approved a plan to bring 65 percent of young ultra-Orthodox men into military or national service by 2015.Who’s Afraid of Transparency?

Now that their funding may be investigated, some NGOs in Israel appear less than willing to be judged by their own standards.A Bridge over Doubt

In his best-selling (Hebrew) book, Micah Goodman offers a penetrating look at Maimonides on prophecy, redemption, and commandments—and provides a welcome contrast to much academic writing on these subjects.  Eichmann in Argentina

West Germany could have hunted down Adolf Eichmann, the chief organizer of the Holocaust, as early as 1952, eight years before Israeli agents caught him in Buenos Aires.Blue Jew, Gray Jew

Two recent books on American Jews during the Civil War and Reconstruction answer some questions, but leave others unanswered.Under the Tuscan Sun

A small museum makes a new addition to the old Jewish ghetto of Pitigliano and to the remains of a community that first flourished in the mid-1500s. Match Game

Born into a secular South African family, drawn into Israel's ultra-Orthodox community, Heather Sirota is now a matchmaker with hundreds of successes to her name.