Archives for March 2010

EXHIBIT Jerusalem and the Jews of Spain: Longing and Reality A 23-foot-wide canvas map depicts the world as a cartographer might have drawn it in

FICTION 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction  by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein. (Pantheon, 410 pp. $27.95) 36 Arguments for the Existence of

The city of Umm al-Fahm in northern Israel is known as a political flashpoint, but it is trying to make a name for itself in

The Swiss canton, a hub of international organizations, banking and watchmaking, is home to a diverse Jewish community on the French border. Geneva is the nerve

Much of the Bible is devoted to a short stretch of time. Roughly 20 percent of the Tanakh and about 80 percent of the Five

One in three people worldwide is infected with the hepatitis B virus at some point in his or her life. Most will successfully rout the

Donna Rosenthal has worked as a journalist in print, television and radio, and has been a reporter in Israel and in America. Her articles have

Preparing for Passover is a difficult chore. It is also an exercise in unearthing family memory and meaning. “April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs