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The Sonderberg Case

Is all the world a stage? A theater critic uses his training to report on the trial of a young German defendant pleading "Guilty . . . and not guilty." (Novel excerpt)The Devil Is in the Details

Christianity took the idea of Satan from the Jews and developed it much farther, including by associating the Jews themselves with the devil.Losing Robinson Crusoe

A translation of a 20th-century Torah commentary has excised its author's moving paragraph on the "agony of solitude" endured by Daniel Defoe's hero. Why?Crackdown

Newly discovered documents show that Marshal Pétain, head of France's Vichy regime, personally penciled harsher measures into Nazi Germany's anti-Semitic legislation.Atonement Now

On the anniversary of the October 1973 war, recently released official documents present a misleadingly partial picture of the behavior of General Moshe Dayan.Defacing the Score

A new book on Gustav Mahler portrays the composer as a historical prophet, which he was not, and as haunted by his conversion to Christianity, which he also was not.Leaving Den Bosch

The Dutch novelist, director, and columnist recalls his Jewish upbringing in post-World War II Holland.Pagan Images

An ancient Roman mosaic discovered in Lod contains animal symbols that could be of pagan, Jewish, or Christian origin. Self-Made Men

The names of many Jewish immigrants were changed upon coming to America; contrary to legend, however, they were changed by the immigrants themselves. Nor is this the only legend of its kind in Jewish history.