Jews in England’s great wool centers and archetypal church-and-castle towns honor their historic local presence while trying to maintain a Jewish present. In bits and
Israel is one of the few modern states without a fundamental charter delineating the structure of its government. But enacting one poses its own risks.
Istanbul has Turkey’s largest Jewish population, but some of those residents originally from Bursa and Antakya go home to support their former communities. At first
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The Cruelest Cut “Medicine: Cutting the AIDS Risk” (December issue) offers a one-sided view of a controversial issue. According to the American Medical Association, the