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James Haven tut-tuts the tsk-tsking; the Royal Philharmonic Meat Loafs around; and Cage and Arquette, together again? Plus: Tom Jones takes a panty to the head.
By Amy Reiter
April 7, 2000
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In Israel, ultra-Orthodox rabbis have banned their followers from cruising the Web, but that's not stopping the observant from hacking code.
By Sarah Coleman
April 6, 2000
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Pope John Paul's historic visit to Israel is supposed to spread a message of peace, but Israeli and Palestinian spinmeisters are standing by to read in support of their causes.
By Flore de Preneuf
March 22, 2000
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The wooing of a kosher vegetarian.
By Toby Sonneman
February 8, 2000
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Confessions (and tips!) from a wine-toting overhead bin hog Plus: Do algebra flashcards and soccer practice create thumb suckers? In defense of John Rocker.
Letters to the editor
January 6, 2000
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Raw eggs, Guinness and pastrami can help your hangover, but don't mix them.
By Steven A. Shaw
December 29, 1999
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Hordes of tourists are coming to the holy city for millennial celebrations, but a clash between Orthodox and secular Jews has created a ban on Christmas in the city's kosher hotels.
By Flore de Preneuf
December 23, 1999
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I can't help having myself a merry little Christmas.
By Amy Silverman
December 22, 1999
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A little cross-religious indulgence isn't going to damn anyone to an eternity in hell. Is it?
By Gentry Lane
December 22, 1999
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Will staying unmarried save your relationship? Plus: Camille Paglia sparks new "Sensation" debate; should technology change the way we have children?
Letters to the Editor
November 24, 1999
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Pat Choate, the man behind the strategy to craft a left-right-center coalition with Pat Buchanan out front, reveals the plan to seize the White House next year.
By Fred Branfman and David Weir
November 11, 1999
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More beautiful in person than on TV, Wendy Shalit is nonetheless just a modest woman -- with much to be modest about.
By Dov J. Levine
November 1, 1999
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Never underestimate the effectiveness of blasphemy as a marketing strategy. Plus: Good news! You can join the Mile High Club with a stranger and stay married.
By Douglas Cruickshank
October 23, 1999
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I'm Jewish; Peter wasn't. Our summer reunion in Germany took me places I didn't want to know.
By Lauren Fox
October 22, 1999
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Three leading leftist figures have been exposed this year as having lied about their backgrounds. Has the failure of their ideology forced them to fictionalize?
By David Horowitz
September 27, 1999
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Even new resident Monica can't handle this one, as Rudy and Hillary prepare to take their fearsome domestic quarrel to upstate New York.
By Jake Tapper
September 24, 1999
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A grandmother's tale, untold until now, opens a path of understanding and forgiveness.
By Robert L. Strauss
September 20, 1999
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Reluctantly and without a plan, an American uncovers his family's poignant past.
By Robert L. Strauss
September 18, 1999
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It's time for action in East Timor; misunderstanding "Stigmata"; cybercommunism and "free" software.
Letters to the Editor
September 17, 1999
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Do criminals deserve prison rapes? Plus: Funeral parlors, drugs and Dubya; faking depression.
Letters to the Editor
August 30, 1999
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Young Jews by the thousands follow the Phish tour, looking for God in a haze of mushrooms and acid. A rock 'n' roll rabbi wants to lead them out of mammon into the land of milk and honey.
By Felix Vikhman
August 21, 1999
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New York combo Hasidic New Wave illustrates the difference between klezmer and Jewish jazz.
By Seth Mnookin
August 11, 1999
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In the first of five excerpts from her new book, "Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith," Anne Lamott recalls her atheist upbringing and the allure of the religion of her Catholic friends.
By Anne Lamott
January 15, 1999
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"Life Is Beautiful" director Roberto Benigni talks about the Holocaust, Charlie Chaplin and how he was haunted by the idea of a happy man in a Nazi concentration camp.
By Erika Milvy
October 30, 1998
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In 'Explaining Hitler,' Ron Rosenbaum brilliantly explores the unfathomable origins of history's greatest evil.
By Gary Kamiya
June 30, 1998