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A Mission to the Gentiles

Rabbi Shlomo Riskin has issued a revolutionary and problematic plea for the teaching of Torah to Christians, evidently with an eye toward genuine theological commonality between the two faiths.Minority Report

A visit with members of minority populations who straddle the mountainous regions bordering Israel, Lebanon, and Syria. (With photos)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) 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.Press Under Pressure

A New Jersey Jewish newspaper ran into fierce criticism when it decided to publish same-sex marriage announcements, and fiercer criticism when it decided to stop.