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On a Mission to Save Kaifeng

After centuries of decline, Kaifeng’s Jewish community has been rejuvenated by an American Christian philanthropist.  Is he a benefactor—or a missionary?FDR and the Jews

“Roosevelt sounded at times like a Zionist, at times like a skeptic about Palestine’s capacity to absorb new settlers, and at times, when speaking to anti-Semites, like an anti-Semite himself.”Tower of Babble

A recent book on Jewish social justice claims to apply “Jewish values and law” to “pressing contemporary moral issues.”  But does it reduce the Torah to a vehicle for a political agenda? Dangerous Liaisons

Burgeoning alliances between the far Left and the theocratic Muslim Right represent "betrayals of basic socialist principle" that have "undermined struggles for secular democracy."The Genesis of Genesis

A new book explains Genesis by isolating it from the rest of the Bible and later religious contexts.  But the fact that it can be read in isolation is no argument that it ought to be. Five-Star Refuge

The Peninsula in Hong Kong remains one of the city's finest hotels.  In the aftermath of the Second World War, however, it was a shelter for 283 Jewish refugees. Collecting the Holocaust

"Anyone like to buy Schindler’s list?  I don’t mean a DVD of the film: I mean Schindler’s list.  It’s available for $1.2 million on a U.S. website, apparently ‘the opportunity of a lifetime.’"Playing Politics with God

Examining the dynamics of Israelite society, Michael Walzer finds politics "largely missing" from the Bible.  But he ignores the politics of the Israelites' relationship with God.