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The tomb of Mordecai and Esther in Iran is no longer a protected site. Will UNESCO step in?The Chameleon

Thirty years after his death, the French-Jewish novelist Romain Gary is in the public eye—though untangling his fabrications has proved a lengthy process.     The Martyred Thirty-Five

"This is the story I told my daughter Ruth as the fateful year of 1948 began." Remembering friends who went to help besieged Jews in the outskirts of war-torn Jerusalem.The Shepherd Hotel

In a virtual tour, complete with photos and maps, a now-notorious site in Jerusalem is shown to be other than the "Palestinian landmark" it is claimed to be.Assisted Suicide

Who is hurt most when the Western press gives credence to anti-Israel propaganda?The Other Good Earth

Pearl S. Buck's Peony, written in 1948, tells the affecting story of a Chinese bondmaid sold into a Jewish family in Kaifeng.    Sharing the Burden

Why Jerusalem has approved a plan to bring 65 percent of young ultra-Orthodox men into military or national service by 2015. The Soul that You Have Given Me

A setting by the late Debbie Friedman (1951-2011) of a morning prayer.  Eichmann in Argentina

West Germany could have hunted down Adolf Eichmann, the chief organizer of the Holocaust, as early as 1952, eight years before Israeli agents caught him in Buenos Aires.