Father Abraham
Jews, Muslims, and Christians all revere Abraham. But is it the same Abraham?
Himmelfarb, George Eliot, and the Jews
English philo-Semitism, in fiction and reality.
Kissinger, Kant, and the Syrians in Lebanon
A nugget of philosophical diplomacy.
Letters, Winter 2013
The Living Language, Hefker Hasidim, Exodus on a Banana Boat?
MAD Maus
A look inside the making of Art Spiegelman's classic graphic novel about the Holocaust.
Movies and Monotheism
At age 97, Herman Wouk returns to Moses and goes postmodern.
Not Just Hummus
Exploring Israel's culinary culture with two new, very different books about cooking. Jerusalem expats Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi have put out a cookbook with remarkable fusions and creations inspired by the holy city, while Abbie Rosner explores the biblical cuisine of the Galilee.
The Body in Verse
Examining the lost art of the poetic physician. "Know that it is not in your ability to fulfill them / To God alone belongs this power."
The Language of Babylon
The Jewish scholar of Arab literature Sasson Somekh's new autobiography is the latest in a line of memoirs of Jewish Baghdad.
The People of the Book – Since When?
A new book seeks to overturn everything we know about the history of the Talmud.