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The Truth Game

The discovery of a key historical document lays to rest one of the longest running debates on the 1948 war. So why has Haaretz tried to distort its contents and suppress it?The Meaning of Hanukkah

In some ways, Christians preserved the story of Hanukkah better than the Jews did.What’s Under the Bridge

The bureaucratic brouhaha over the unsound Mughrabi bridge was really about the attempt by some Muslim leaders to deny Jewish ties to the Temple Mount.Neither/Nor

One Danish writer's idiosyncratic understanding of what constitutes anti-Semitism has yielded a bizarre apologia for Kierkegaard and Luther.Geoffrey Hartman’s Jewish Turn

The scholar's aim is not to tear down the temple of the Western academy, but to build a third, distinctively Jewish pillar within it. Its name is midrash. Kashering the First Kitchen

First, spritz the kitchen's stainless steel counters with disinfectant. Scrub vigorously. So begins the nearly four-hour drill to make the White House's kitchen kosher for its Hanukkah party.No More Peace Treaties

If there is one thing the Arab uprisings have shown it is that the foreign policy model that provides arms to dictators in exchange for political and economic friendship is unsustainable.Hanukkah Lights 2011

In this collection of brand-new stories, a bookish schoolboy finds a streak of defiance, a young woman learns new joy, and a few desperate men take comfort in a quiet ceremony. (Audio)