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Young Palestinians Frustrated With Hamas And Fatah

ISRAEL

Young Palestinians Frustrated With Hamas And Fatah

The rival factions announce a new agreement, but the public is skeptical.

‘Soft’ Target Threat Gets Community’s Attention

NEW YORK

‘Soft’ Target Threat Gets Community’s Attention

Institutions urged to tighten security in wake of memo on Iran strikes.

Lessons From Beit Shemesh: Some Slow Progress

ISRAEL

Lessons From Beit Shemesh: Some Slow Progress

But ceding religion-state issues to ultra-Orthodox parties has been a disaster.

Touting Obama’s Jewish Creds

NATIONAL

Touting Obama’s Jewish Creds

The president really wants American Jews to like him. But he can’t seem to overcome the perception he’s anti-Israel.

Jewish Culture Gets A ‘Master’ Class

NEW YORK

Jewish Culture Gets A ‘Master’ Class

New G.W. graduate program to develop next generation of arts administrators for cultural institutions.

Attorney Michael Lesher, right, hopes to get documents relating to the case of Avrohom Mondrowitz.

Fight Over Mondrowitz Documents Coming To A Head

Next week, attorney and author Michael Lesher will argue before New York State’s highest court for the release by the Brooklyn District Attorney of documents he has been seeking since 2007, related to the failed extradition of Avrohom Mondrowitz.

“I don’t believe in stories that are sentimental,” says Holland, top. Above, scene from “In Darkness.” Sony Classics

Notes From The Underground

When you ask Agnieszka Holland about the historical tensions between Jews and Catholics in her native Poland, she doesn’t have far to look for a reply.

Israel Travel February 2012

The Jaffe makeover, a day in the German Colony, wine tourism’s grape expectations, and more.

Education January 2012

Getting Behind Educational Change
The Technion takes Manhattan; playful Torah videos expanding; new mentoring push for teachers.

Text Context January 2012

Our essayists look ahead, guided by Jewish texts, memory and personal experience, from the futurism of the 1964 New York World's Fair to new ideas about messianism, prophesy and the afterlife.

Gary Rosenblatt | Between the Lines

Lessons From The Rav Bina Story

In the wake of the article he and I co-authored (Jan. 27) on Rav Aharon Bina of Netiv Aryeh, a yeshiva for American students in the Old City of Jerusalem, Yedidya Gorsetman received a message on Facebook from Rabbi Ari Fuld.

“I don’t know who you are and I am not trying to threaten you in any way,” the rabbi began. “I see that you are friends on FB [Facebook] with many Netiv guys and I hope they come to their senses and drop you like a dead fish.