Knish: In Search of the Jewish Soul Food Laura Silver Brandeis University Press 2014, pp. 275, $24.95 by Gloria Levitas Reader alert:

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Should Jews strive to be happy? INDEPENDENT No. Jews should never strive to be happy. Happiness should not be something ...
Today, the Palestinian enclave of Gaza is known as a flashpoint for conflict that far eclipses its minuscule size. At 140 square miles—sharing an eight-mile frontier with Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and hugging Israel’s border for nearly 32 miles—the sliver of desert is only twice the area of the District of ...
A teenager with a big smile grins at the camera. Another waves his hand and keeps moving to stay in the picture. A bearded man is helped down the stairs of a building as groups of young and old crowd the streets of a small town, all anxious to be ...
The Sunni extremist group in Syria and Iraq could cause turmoil in the entire Middle East. ...
When it comes to marriage & divorce, Israel is a theocracy under the control of its Orthodox Rabbinate. What can be done? ...
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Militants sever the ties that connect the region to the world—and history by Amy E. Schwartz In 2010, Bonnie Burnham, president

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Should Israelis befriend moderate Sunnis such as the Saudis, or the region’s outcasts? by Gabriel Scheinmann At the United Nations in

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Even today, many Jewish women leaders are afraid to speak out with self-assurance. by Letty Cottin Pogrebin Sometimes, words speak

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Netanyahu and Israel are stuck in the status quo as the Palestinians go in another direction. by Nahum Barnea We’re living

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Israel is a bifurcated nation. On one side, it is a robust democracy with active executive, legislative and judicial branches.

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