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The Alawites and Israel

Would the fall of Assad's regime decrease or, on the contrary, increase the likelihood that Syria will precipitate a war against Israel? (PDF) At Fatima Gate

A masterful reporter, the independent journalist Michael J. Totten delivers assessments of the Hizballah movement that perennially escape the mainstream media.B’har: Liberty and the Jubilee

This week's reading, though little more than a single chapter, deals with two separate topics: first, the sabbatical year; second, the obligations of family members to a relative in economic distress. What links them is a focus, unusual for the Torah, on macroeconomics.What I Learned in Bethlehem

At a conference of progressive Palestinians, a self-identified Israeli left-winger experiences a conversion; he is now a self-identified Zionist left-winger.The Tale of Maimonides and Peter

Was the great religious philosopher a heretic, as some medieval rabbis thought? A legend extant in many versions tells how he dramatically and successfully dispelled the charge.A Sad Job Done Well

What is the single best book for understanding the political tragedies of the 20th century? The Gulag Archipelago? 1984? Try the little-known Czech writer Heda Kovály's Under a Cruel Star.Naturally Neural

Did being Jewish help the journalist Joshua Foer win the U.S. Memory Championship?The Eichmann File Revisited

West Germany in the postwar years knew more about the fugitive high-ranking Nazi than it let on, or than the German government wants to let on today. But a truer picture is beginning to emerge.Kushner’s Comrades

A vote not to award an honorary degree to the anti-Israel playwright sparked a vitriolic outpouring against the trustees of New York's City University; guess who won.