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Where is Israel’s Capital?

In Tel Aviv, to judge from the location of the U.S. embassy. In lately re-emphasizing this refusal to acknowledge reality, President Obama has won the praise of the Palestinian Authority.Chagall at Work

A priceless sketchbook containing two decades' worth of the artist's responses to global and personal experience is up for auction at Sotheby.Foreskin Man

The debate over circumcision in San Francisco is devoid of anti-Semitic overtones. To the contrary: the anti-Semitism is explicit and inescapable.Blocking Palestinian Statehood

For the General Assembly to recognize Palestinian "statehood" does not automatically mean UN membership, but it would be damaging nonetheless. Here's how it can be prevented. The Roundup

A new film stirringly dramatizes the German campaign to destroy the Jews of wartime France. That was then; today, journalists and others speak matter-of-factly of the destruction of Israel.Identity à la Carte

A generation after the fall of Communism, Jews in Central Europe feel comfortable where they live; though concerned about anti-Semitism, they do not wish to move to Israel.A New Approach to the Holocaust

Ideology, charisma, conformism, hatred, greed, war: not one but all were critical factors in the manifold evil of the Nazi genocide, set in motion by both policy and politics.Should Britain’s Chief Rabbi be Elected?

Some are calling for an American-style campaign for the position, and are even proposing the names of U.S. candidates.How Do You Pronounce That?

Hebrew vowels sounded one way in Lithuania, another in Poland, a third in northern Germany, a fourth in France, England, and North America. Guess which one prevailed.