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The State of the State

Beneath Israel's veneer of start-ups, hi-tech firms, and luxury hotels lies an ailing, unsupervised infrastructure that leaves it woefully unprepared for the next catastrophe.Museum as Muse

The educator and scholar Cyrus Adler (1862-1940) may have been the first to argue for placing Jewish culture on display in modern America—but his vision differed markedly from that of today's curators.Hanukkah in the Gulag

A makeshift hanukkiah and a prisoner's resourcefulness miraculously overcome a camp commander's obduracy. From the author's post-liberation memoir Fear No Evil (1986).Vayigash: Three Heroes, Three Paths

This week, the life stories of three great biblical figures—Judah, Joseph, and Jacob—all come to a head, as each of these individuals learns to rely on his strengths to help him overcome his weaknesses. WikiFallout

One unmistakable conclusion to draw from WikiLeaks: in the Middle East, Washington's conventional wisdom on foreign policy has been disconnected from reality.Yiddish: The Next Big Thing?

The Yiddish-American novel in translation is enjoying a resurgence. But while reprint editions are welcome, many more works remain out of print or still untranslated.Bordering on Malicious

A literary anthology ostensibly from the Middle East is really a collection of Muslim writing marred by the omission of Jews and others and by a corrosive hatred of Israel.Re-viewing “Shoah”

A quarter-century after its first release, Claude Lanzmann's transformative nine-hour film will soon be screened again in the U.S.