Books: Tradition! An Appreciation
FICTION The UnAmericans: Stories by Molly Antopol. (W.W. Norton, 273 pp. $24.95) As Molly Antopol’s absorbing eight stories evolve—all of them moving, unresolved but satisfying explorations
Cut & Post: Israel Tourism News
An App for Visiting Jerusalem American olim Yaakov Lehman and Joel Padowitz want you to be your own Israel tour guide. Their company, JewIQ, has created Israel
Books: Memory and Resistance
Our roundup of Holocaust books emphasizes the actions of individuals who did not stand idly by and let murder occur without incident. From a French priest
Cut & Post: Israelis in America, and on the Silver Screen
Jewish Provence The French Government Tourist Office, in cooperation with the Provence-Alps-Côte d’Azur Tourism Board, has just issued a 48-page booklet with beautiful color photographs
Brief Reviews: Philosophy and Fatalism
FILMS Bethlehem Israel’s entry in the 2014 Oscar competition for best foreign-language film, this nail-biter on the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians—and Palestinian factions—pits Shin
Books: Israel, Looking Backward
NONFICTION My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel by Ari Shavit. (Spiegel & Grau, 464 pp. $28) On my first trip to Israel, as
Letters to the Editor: Credentials and Context
No Perspective I write to question Hadassah Magazine’s decision to profile Letty Cottin Pogrebin in the August/September issue. She is an accomplished writer in feminism and personal
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