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In the Heights

A visit to the Golan—a safe and spectacular region with an uncertain future—and conversations with some of its inhabitants. (With photos.)Rise and Fall

The academic study of Judaism flourishes at secular American universities, but at the price of a decline in centers of Jewish-sponsored scholarship and its accompanying values.Double-Talk

Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf has a history of saying one thing to Western audiences and another to Muslim ones. (Part 1 of 2; part 2 is here.)The Old Home

A panoramic survey of East European Jewry in the decades of the great emigration to America paints a picture very different from the conventional image of a slower, simpler "old world." The Curious Case of Kol Nidrei

The best-known ritual of the High Holy Day services has a paradoxical and controversial history. (1968; PDF)Prime Ministers

Yehuda Avner presents an insider's view of leadership, Israeli-style.Gimme Shelter

From hemp-fiber scrims and wooden helixes to disused cardboard signs: vote for the sukkah of the future. (With slideshow.)Islamism, Veiled and Unveiled

A review of The Flight of the Intellectuals draws two critiques, one by them by the author, and a reply by the reviewer.Lipstick Traces

Remembering the old, worn, cloth-covered Birnbaum prayer books, their pages imprinted with kisses.