Israel

How will Netanyahu and his new allies govern? And what will become of the Israeli left?

“How had I not heard these stories and met these people, living 30 years right next to them?” asks Hanan Schlesinger. “How could it be?”

In Luke’s Advent story, Bethlehem’s economy is central—and it looks a lot like Bethlehem’s economy today.

Fiercely Zionist yet pragmatic. Bold but not charismatic. The independent leader of a disparate coalition.

Munther Isaac’s critique of the Israeli government is perfectly fair. But why does he also need to critique Judaism?

Sarah Blau’s protagonists are childless by choice. Herein lies the danger.

The promises and dangers of Israel’s new coalition government

Four new books about biblical texts and their reception

Nabeel Ashkar has worked for years to bring Western art music to Arab young people in Galilee.

And will he regret it?

A noncomprehensive list of realistic, practical actions

Incitement shows the roots of political fractures that remain.

Deborah Lipstadt shows how anti-Semitic sentiment can spring up where we least expect it.

Amos Oz feared that fanaticism was rising in Israel as well as in the West.

There have been many Zionisms over the years. Only one has imagined an eventual end of Judaism.

In Aharon Appelfeld's novel, a teenage Holocaust survivor sleeps, remembers, and learns to speak anew.