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Triumphs and Travails

A worldwide celebration—and some controversy—will mark the conclusion of Adin Steinsaltz's monumental Hebrew translation of the Babylonian Talmud. What Price College?

For many American Jewish youngsters, an elite education means an outlandishly expensive immersion in an environment increasingly hostile to Israel, to religion, and to traditional American values. Time to rethink?Voice of the East

For Israel's Ashkenazi public, Mizrahi music, a distinctly local creation, went virtually unheard for decades; all that has changed.What Hath Freedom Wrought?

More wide-ranging than profound, Philadelphia's new National Museum of American Jewish History avoids a serious consideration of religion, or Israel, or the mixed consequences of freedom. (With photos) The Olive-Tree Maneuver

A documentary claims to demonstrate Israeli mistreatment of Palestinian olive harvesters. It doesn't.New Wave Outrage

The honorary Oscar soon to be awarded to the director Jean-Luc Godard is more than a kerfuffle; it's a scandal.A Voice Crying in Ramallah

Zainab Rashid, a Palestinian reformist, argues that Islamism is hijacking her people's aspirations even as Arab regimes exploit their cause.Hitler and the Germans

A Berlin exhibit aims at helping today's Germans understand how their countrymen embraced the Nazi dictator and condoned his violent and genocidal policies.