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The Ancient Library of Alexandria

"The scholarly culture of the ancient library became the seedbed of the great philosophies of Judaism and Christianity and thus has continued to influence Western culture for two millennia."Ordinary Jews

A new translation of Yehoshue Perle's 1935 novel Yidn fun a gants yor offers "a vivid portrait of the shtetl before the Holocaust."“My Negro Problem—and Ours” at 50

"Ellison was right to excoriate me for my dismissive attitude toward black culture, and my Jewish critics were right to take offense at my questioning whether the survival of the Jewish people was worth the suffering it entailed."How Powerful Are the Chief Rabbis?

Foreign Policy may believe Israel's chief rabbis number among the world's 500 most powerful people, but "there are certainly more influential rabbis in the Jewish world—and even in Israel."Going Nuclear

Iran already has the technological capacity to produce one nuclear bomb—it is just waiting for the right moment to "break out." Genesis’ Afterlife

Are modern Bible commentaries more reliable than traditional interpretations—or simply founded on different methodological premises?The Nazis’ Forgotten Victims

'There was no resistance to the euthanasia murders from the leftist or secular side of society.  It was and remains part of the modern age and progressive thought." (Interview by Susanne Beyer)