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  • Bedfellas

    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.
  • Jews for Java

    In Israel, ultra-Orthodox rabbis have banned their followers from cruising the Web, but that's not stopping the observant from hacking code.
  • Pilgrimage and public relations

    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.
  • Meatballs of love

    The wooing of a kosher vegetarian.
  • Letters to the editor

    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.
  • Bottoms up

    Raw eggs, Guinness and pastrami can help your hangover, but don't mix them.
  • Jerusalem braces for Christian pilgrims

    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.
  • A Jew for baby Jesus

    I can't help having myself a merry little Christmas.
  • Mixing the holidays

    A little cross-religious indulgence isn't going to damn anyone to an eternity in hell. Is it?
  • Letters to the Editor

    Will staying unmarried save your relationship? Plus: Camille Paglia sparks new "Sensation" debate; should technology change the way we have children?
  • The kingmaker speaks

    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.
  • Warm for Wendy

    More beautiful in person than on TV, Wendy Shalit is nonetheless just a modest woman -- with much to be modest about.
  • Old Testament prophets were pimps, says novelist

    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.
  • My boyfriend in jackboots

    I'm Jewish; Peter wasn't. Our summer reunion in Germany took me places I didn't want to know.
  • The myth weavers

    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?
  • He vs. she, part 1

    Even new resident Monica can't handle this one, as Rudy and Hillary prepare to take their fearsome domestic quarrel to upstate New York.
  • The tearful secret of Themar

    A grandmother's tale, untold until now, opens a path of understanding and forgiveness.
  • My Jewish roots in Germany

    Reluctantly and without a plan, an American uncovers his family's poignant past.
  • Letters to the Editor

    It's time for action in East Timor; misunderstanding "Stigmata"; cybercommunism and "free" software.
  • Letters to the Editor

    Do criminals deserve prison rapes? Plus: Funeral parlors, drugs and Dubya; faking depression.
  • Phishers of men

    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.
  • Sharps & flats

    New York combo Hasidic New Wave illustrates the difference between klezmer and Jewish jazz.
  • That one ridiculous palm

    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.
  • Movie Interview: "I wanted to make a beautiful movie"

    "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.
  • The artist of death

    In 'Explaining Hitler,' Ron Rosenbaum brilliantly explores the unfathomable origins of history's greatest evil.
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