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Rembrant and the Face of Jesus

Using models from Amsterdam's Jewish quarter, the Dutch master created ethnically accurate—but artistically and philosophically radical—images of Jesus.Breaking the Syria-Iran Axis

The greatest opportunity to curb Iran's ambitions is sitting on the world's doorstep. Marriage and Morals

While the Torah explicitly commands Jews to procreate, it never definitively demands marriage. That being the case, does Jewish law ever permit extramarital sex?Open House

Rahm Emanuel is now mayor of Chicago, Dan Shapiro turned down the position of Middle East desk chief, and Dennis Ross has resigned. Is there anyone left in the White House who understands Israel?The Mentalist

While Erik Jan Hanussen could hypnotize women into "the throes of orgasm" and use handwriting to discern intimate details of a person's life, his greatest trick was luring the Nazis into a deep, dependent alliance with a Jew.The Progressive Case for Israel

There are reasons to be ambivalent about nationalism. But Israel now exists in the material world, so to treat it merely as an idea or as a political movement makes it possible to think of eliminating it too.Faith is Not Quite the Word

The scholar of religion talks about Israel, interreligious friendship, trends in American Judaism, and her own practice, including saying kaddish for her father, sociographer Milton Himmelfarb. (Interview by Robert George)People of the Sea

An accurate talmudic account of dolphins, understood by Rashi to refer to mermaids, tests the purported infallibility of early commentators.Why China and Russia Help Iran

Both countries have diplomatic interests in Iran's continued alienation from the West, and both have benefited economically from the reluctance of Western companies to invest in Iran.