Israel

Analysis: Mumbai attacks mean new challenges for Israel

U.S.

Analysis: Obama sounding similar to Bush on foreign policy

Not only is Barack Obama inheriting President Bush's Middle East, it looks like he's adopting his strategies.

Los Angeles

Half a world away, Los Angeles mourns

The overwhelming majority of mourners had never met the Holtzbergs. But that didn't matter. They have become, for Americans, the public face of this tragedy.

Films

Film of ‘Reader’ probes German culpability

Picks and Clicks

Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks Nov. 29 - Dec. 5: NFL to frum; Shiksa syndrome, ‘Waltz with Bashir’

Music

Collectors recover lost era of Jewish America on vinyl

Torah Portion

Listen, will you?

Parshat Vayetze (Genesis 28:10-32:3) Men equate the inability to solve a problem with weakness, so when men are in the same situation they feel that they must solve the problem.

Singles

True confessions of an online dating addict #18: Keep mouth shut

Education

Thanks, Cal State —thanks a lot

When we hear that the one option that has always been guaranteed to us is now an uncertain variable, we can do nothing but doubt. When competition rages from all angles, and the safety we counted on no longer exists, we can do nothing but give up, right?

Food

Kosherfest 2008 is heaven on earth for foodies

Each year Kosherfest organizers hold a competition for the best new kosher-certified products. This year, Zelda's Sweet Shoppe of Skokie, Ill., took top honors with a "Southern Pecan Pie."

Cartoons

Mahatma’s tears

World

The Rebbe’s army soldiers on