Istanbul has Turkey’s largest Jewish population, but some of those residents originally from Bursa and Antakya go home to support their former communities. At first

NONFICTION Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization by Nicholson Baker. (Simon & Schuster, 566 pp. $30) In Human Smoke, writer

Dateline 09 Series Adi Nes: Bible Stories Israeli photographer Adi Nes depicts biblical characters—Cain and Abel, Job and more—at low points in their lives and

Restored Wetlandsa Birding Paradise Visitors to Israel’s Huleh Valley in the early 1950s would have found a vast area of wetlands and a substantial lake

The Cruelest Cut “Medicine: Cutting the AIDS Risk” (December issue) offers a one-sided view of a controversial issue. According to the American Medical Association, the

ORGANIZATIONS Adamah (860-824-3003; www.isabellafreedman.org) Jewish twentysomethings head to this fellowship housed at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in Connecticut to learn about farming, Jewish tradition and

What is your single most important goal as a Jewish environmentalist? My goals are to reveal the ecological connections be­tween our policies and lifestyles and

There exists a wealth of literature on environmental activism, ecology and living a “green life.” Gathered here are notable titles from the last several years