A unique Israeli commemoration is rightly restored Has justice been done to the last Nazi genocidaire? Some of us are actually okay with who we are and what we eat After reconciliation with Hamas, can the P.A. be trusted with millions of dollars? Actor is Redskins owner's friend, Center's honoree and supporter An intelligent spectator's guide to who the playwright really is  | |  Denim defined fashion for a generation of frum schoolgirls, who played with Orthodoxy's rules of modesty through small acts of sartorial rebellion. A slideshow of one woman's beskirted past. Lately, it seems like the whole fashion world has become Orthodox. Whether it's hipsters wearing Borsalino hats as though they're a unisex accessory or Urban Outfitters' faux edgy headscarf marketing campaign or street-cleaning skirts, it's clear that modesty is in for what is typically the most exhibitionist and immodest of seasons: summer. Warm weather tends to bring out plunging necklines, not hemlines, mini jean skirts, not the maxi type. But this trend, like all others, will surely pass. In a few months when this quarter's fashions are discounted, the only ones who will be gleefully picking over the sales racks will be the ones for whom this type of dress is not simply a matter of taste but is actually mandatory— frum women. More  | The recent rapprochement between Fatah and Hamas may be a blessing. It exposes the fatal flaw at the heart of the peace process: the West's fantasy of Palestinian moderation. More |  | Israel provides Americans making aliyah with financial incentives and logistical support in a bid to make immigration not just an ideological choice but a material one as well More BY RYANN LIEBENTHAL |  | Not only is standardized testing plaguing our schools, driving us to cheat, and making our children sick; it’s completely antithetical to Jewish values More |  | For more than 40 years, folk music's first family, the Wainwright-McGarrigle clan, has enjoyed the quiet support of musician—and philosophy professor—Chaim Tannenbaum More BY HAROLD HEFT | |
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