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LESSONS FROM TEVYE: The comic Yiddish stories of Sholem Aleichem are especially consoling in a period of economic hardship, Joel Schechter writes. Read More


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In Gaza Ground Invasion, Israel Cites Successes
Israel’s Intelligence Chief: Hamas Government Is No Longer Functioning
At least 50 Hamas terrorists have been killed since Israeli forces entered the Gaza Strip, beginning the long-anticipated ground phase of Operation Cast Lead. An Israeli soldier died and some 33 Israeli soldiers have been injured, two seriously, since the ground invasion began Saturday night with a column of troops marching into northern Gaza following a day of heavy Israeli shelling near the border. Read more

Israel’s Stark Choice in Gaza: Cease-Fire or Regime Change?
News Analysis
It was on the third and fourth days of its retaliatory air offensive in Gaza that the fork in the road for Israel became clear: another cease-fire agreement, or regime change. Read more
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Wizard, Gangster, Psychiatrist
artspicIn the new film, “Good,” Jason Isaacs plays a self-hating Jewish psychiatrist who treats a Nazi Party official. In an interview, Isaacs, who plays a wizard in the Harry Potter films, discusses the often-thin line between perpetrator and victim. Read more

Editorial
Obama’s Gaza Opportunity
December 31, 2008
When Israel unleashed its warplanes on Gaza on December 27, a collective gasp could be heard around the globe. The sudden fury of the bombardment brought visions of another Lebanon-style debacle: neighborhoods in rubble, mass civilian deaths, angry mobs surrounding Western embassies, furious diplomatic brinkmanship leading to a humiliating Israeli withdrawal.

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