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Free Pollard?

Netanyahu's request for the release of the imprisoned spy after 25 years has riled critics of Israel; but it's only a request, and some in Congress say the life sentence is unjust.Truth, Lies, and the Holocaust Novel

In A Thousand Darknesses, Ruth Franklin addresses the question of whether, and how, to make literature out of the destruction of European JewryHerzl and the Rabbis

In Israel, a "wall of separation" between religion and state is not a realistic option—but a price should be imposed on religious officials who contravene the law and infringe the rights of their fellow citizens. E-Shabbat?

How are observant Jews, who refrain from the use of electricity on the Sabbath, responding to the decline of the print book and the rise of electronic readers?A Fictional Future

Alan Dershowitz's The Trials of Zion is a legal thriller based on the intractability of enmities in the Middle East. But is the author as good a novelist as he is a defense attorney?From Beauty to Brutalism

Three architects left their individual marks on Israel; it's time to get out from under the heavy-handed idiom of the third one.The Arabs vs. Iran: What They Really Think

Contrary to widespread impression, the WikiLeak cables may be the wrong place to look for how Arab leaders define their policy toward Tehran.Israel and the Innovative Impulse

A special report looks at the partnerships Israeli firms have forged with U.S. companies and the reasons why the Israeli venture-capital business is undergoing a painful period of adjustment.Uncle Elie Comes Back to Egypt

An Egyptian journalist hosts a visiting member of the Jewish community forced out under Nasser in the late 1960s. "Personally, I believe we owe our Egyptian Jewish brothers an apology."