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FEATURES [ more » ]

One on One: When defeat means liberation By RUTHIE BLUM Renowned Arabist Bernard Lewis likens what he calls the 'monstrous perversion of Islam' to the evils of Nazism and Bolshevism. Particularist pain By ANTHONY BRUNO La Muette embodies debate over Holocaust vs. other genocides. On the hit parade By NATHAN BURSTEIN A difficult to pronounce name hasn't stopped Yael Naim from staying on America's top 10 playlists.

LIFESTYLE [ more » ]

Wide open spaces By GLORIA DEUTSCH The kids have flown the nest so their folks found a new roost. Exotic meat pies By FAYE LEVY This sweet pastry enclosing chicken and roasted almonds is a favorite chicken dish. Short Order: Sweets for my sweet, sugar for my honey By JUDY MONTAGU For children, I'd include some interesting-looking chocolate in their mishloah manot.

PERSONAL NOTES [ more » ]

Israel Lite: Priorities, priorities By CARMELITA LEE Growing up an army brat gave me an appreciation for other cultures, and taught me how to live deal with rude foreigners. Psychologically Speaking: Mom, stop embarrassing me By DR. BATYA L. LUDMAN I think you really need to be upfront and tell your parents openly and honestly what they are doing and how it makes you feel. The Glamour of the Grammar: I'll buy a vowel By DR. JOEL M. HOFFMAN Hebrew doesn't like words that start with too many consonants. In fact, two is the limit.

BOOKS [ more » ]

You schmooze, you lose? By GERSHOM GALE A Jewish journalist interviews terrorists throughout the Middle East. The result is surprising. Written behind barbed wire By AVIYA KUSHNER How these poems survived the Holocaust is as miraculous as their authors' own survival. A political memoir of no presumption By DIMI REIDER A former prisoner of the Iranian regime is in no rush to blame Islam - or Iran.