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A boy sells greens in front of the British chain store Sainsbury's in Cairo, April 2000. (Marwan Naamani/AFP via Getty Images)

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The Strawberry Plot

Is America falling for the Middle East’s anti-Zionist delusions?

By Hussein Aboubakr Mansour
Reading the Torah during the Second Lebanon War. (Denis Sinyakov/AFP via Getty Images)

Essay

Why Jews Stopped Reading the Bible, and Why Some Have Begun Again

Relearning the language of nationhood.

By Ya’akov Trump
The Creation of Eve. Veronese, ca. 1570.

Observation

Bone of My Bone

The modern world claims mastery of medicine and nature, while stripping us of an essence known since our first days in Eden.

By Devorah Goldman
Leo Strauss, 1961. Photo courtesy of the Leo Strauss Foundation.

Observation

On “Why We Remain Jews”

Sixty years ago, Leo Strauss spoke against forsaking the Jewish heritage. Now, when assimilation appears easier than ever and when anti-Semitism has found renewed force in American politics, his message is more relevant than ever.

By Jacob Howland

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