Staunch Republicans still backed Democratic measure Plus are Jewish Dems leaving Obama? and more in the news Law arguably contradicts humane, moral considerations New film chronicles the settler-bullies of the West Bank city  | |  By establishing a Jewish majority in Palestine, Israel distinguished itself from other Middle East minority groups, which suffer physical fear and intellectual confusion, even if they hold power At a recent event in Dearborn, Mich., a crowd welcomed Syria's ambassador to Washington, Imad Mustapha, who led a rally on behalf of his country's President Bashar al-Assad. The scene was outrageous for a number of reasons, including that these were American citizens gathered in support of a regime responsible for the murder of U.S. soldiers in Iraq. But perhaps even more notable was the tragedy at the heart of the scene: These Syrian-Americans—Christians and members of Muslim minority sects like the Alawites, Druze, and Ismailis—are still writhing from their emotional experience as Middle Eastern minorities. No matter how far they get from the region, they are plagued with a vulnerability that leaves them terrified, angry, and often crazy. More  | A humiliating first day, taking it outside for a showdown behind the bunk, the first stirrings of an urge for aliyah: readers’ stories of summer camp—and illustrations inspired by them More |  | Mark Strand, the former poet laureate and a Pulitzer Prize winner, has given up poetry and turned to making art. He talks about his work, Jewish mothers, absence, and Israel. More BY BRIDGET KEVANE |  | Ludmila Ulitskaya's playful new novel focuses on a Jewish Christian saint, a human contradiction who strives to bring peace and compassion to a plagued world More BY SASHA SENDEROVICH | |
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