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Take My Synagogue

In referring to the place where they worship, most Jews prefer to use a name other than "synagogue," the ancient Greek translation of beit k'nesset.Culture and Agriculture

Ancient Israelite farming methods have been reconstructed at Sataf, a 250-acre eco-park near Jerusalem.Symbolic Foods

On Rosh Hashanah, as on other Jewish holidays, cuisine becomes a system of meaning.Classical Islam and the Jews

The root of the Israel-Arab conflict is not territorial but religious. Part I; part II is here.Partners in Apartheid?

A serious attempt to reconstruct the historical relationship between Israel and South Africa is marred by manipulative, irresponsible, and offensive speculation.A Jerusalem Childhood

The longtime literary editor of the (London) Sunday Telegraph recalls her years as the child of German Jewish refugees in 1940's Jerusalem.Is Diss a System?

A new book explicates the work of the American cartoonist and storyteller Milt Gross (Nize Baby, Dunt Ask!, etc.), who flourished in the 1920s and 30s—and whom it would be a colossal error to judge from a 21st-century perspective.One Nation, Under God

The ancient Israelite experience in nation-building differed from the American experience in many ways; but what is striking, and not accidental, are the similarities. Mutual Enemies, Mutual Interests

Kurds want Israelis to know they have friends in the Middle East—perhaps their only ones.