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The Merchant of Broadway

Now on Broadway, Al Pacino's Shylock is galvanic. Even if you think he's flirting with caricature—and he is—the results are enthralling.On the Trail of a Terrorist

Two years ago, Jews and Americans were targeted in a devastating terror attack in Mumbai. In the interest of maintaining good relations with Pakistan, will the U.S. permit the perpetrators to get away with it?The Urban Hermitage

Once desert outposts, ancient monasteries or their uncovered remains are now part of Israel's urban and suburban landscape.Diplomat and Rescuer

Raoul Wallenberg saved more human beings from certain execution than anyone else in history. Alex Kershaw's The Envoy tells the story—including what happened when the diplomat met Adolf Eichmann face to face.Lovable Rogue State

A nineteen-year-old Canadian presented a brilliantly audacious defense of Israel—but he won't be back to the Cambridge Union any time soon.Talking Canaan

Ugaritic, a Northwest Semitic language related to Hebrew, solves many a biblical puzzle.The Maghreb Myth

Interviewing the authors of a new book on the social and legal status of the Jews of North Africa that puts paid to the myth of Jewish-Muslim coexistence. Why Jews Love Whisky

New York's WhiskyFest brought out "more kippahs than kilts."Who Was Arafat?

At the time of his death six years ago, he was more popular in France than among his own people; Western media still regularly omit mention of his terrorist attacks.