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Who Won the War?

Both Hamas and Israel gained from last week's war in Gaza.  But the real winner was Egypt, and the real loser was the PLO.Dumbing Down the Holocaust

Middlebrow fiction about the Holocaust not only reduces a serious subject to melodrama and kitsch but consigns the truly great literature to obscurity.French and Jewish or Jewish and French?

Jews have been a presence in provincial France since the Revolution, outlasting even Vichy and the German occupation. But now, increasing Islamic anti-Semitism is precipitating an exodus.The Crypto-Jews of New Mexico

Few American Jews know about world of the “crypto-Jews” described in this graphic novel.  But, as one character says, “A Jewish soul is a Jewish soul.”Tell Me How to Get to the Sesame Synchrotron

In Jordan, a particle accelerator named Sesame is being funded by Pakistan, Turkey, Iran—and Israel. Why Was There War in Gaza?

Israel has once again succeeded in defending itself. But with Hamas’s new rocketry and new Arab Spring allies, the next round will follow, as night follows day.Likud’s Wait List

As Likud members vote for their party’s candidate list in the coming election, the party is expected to move to the right.  But Netanyahu has ways of ensuring it does not move too far.