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Buyer’s Remorse?

Disenchanted with President Obama, substantial numbers of Jewish voters have closed their wallets and say they will also sit out the November election. (Part one of a five-part series.)Press Under Pressure

A New Jersey Jewish newspaper ran into fierce criticism when it decided to publish same-sex marriage announcements, and fiercer criticism when it decided to stop. Trial Run

More than six decades after its intended release, a film documenting the 10-month trial at Nuremberg of many of the Nazi regime's most notorious criminals is now appearing in American theaters.Self-Made Men

The names of many Jewish immigrants were changed upon coming to America; contrary to legend, however, they were changed by the immigrants themselves. Nor is this the only legend of its kind in Jewish history.Western Wall Revised

A plan to improve the layout of the Western Wall plaza by adding an access tunnel, a visitors' center, and a movable divider between the men's and women's sections has already provoked an outcry.The Other Existential Threat

The mere possession of a nuclear weapon by Iran would restore Jews to a condition in which their futures once again depended primarily on the choices made by their enemies.Clergy Monopoly

Centralized searches by American denominations to fill the position of rabbi are not only illogical, they're illegal.Forbidden Fruit

Apple, etrog, fig, grape? A Yiddish biblical commentary asks which fruit Eve really ate. (From the forthcoming Fall issue.)Jews on Deck

A new baseball documentary reminds us that before the era when public schools would shut down for Yom Kippur, there were Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax.