Topic: Rosh Hashanah

A Sense of Direction

This first-rate travel book is – like all the best travel books – most fascinating when it has the author at its center.

New Year's black-eyed peas, updated

An updated version of a Southern classic New Year's dish.

Pastor's agreement to call off 9/11 Koran burning beset by confusion

Pastor Terry Jones said he would cancel his planned Koran burning and travel to New York to discuss the location of the mosque near ground zero. But it's unclear what has been agreed to.

Ground Zero and the mosque: Do you really know Abraham's children?

The danger in the debate about the mosque near Ground Zero is that Americans start believing every Muslim thinks alike, much less that they support the 9/11 terrorists. Would that kind of group think apply to Christians or Jews?

How to get Mideast peace talks out of 'dark corner' of Israeli settlements

The Geneva Initiative, a group of prominent Israelis and Palestinians, on Tuesday presented a blueprint for comprehensive peace. Next step: public debate.

Netanyahu defiant on Israeli settlements ahead of Mitchell meeting

The funeral of Assaf Ramon, a young fighter pilot and son of Israel’s first astronaut, has delayed Netanyahu’s talk with Mitchell until Tuesday.

Some US Hispanics trace their Jewish past

They discover roots in the Sephardic Jews of Spain through DNA testing.

For Livni, forming an Israeli coalition just got a lot harder

The outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel may have to withdraw from the West Bank if it wants peace with Palestinians, making Tzipi Livni's job of building a new government coalition with hard-liners much more difficult.

Why Israeli settlers are lashing out

Rights groups report a sharp increase of attacks by West Bank settlers on Palestinians, as well as rising right-wing violence against left-leaning Israelis.

Reporters on the Job

An Israeli-Arab odd couple seek peace in Hebron

In the volatile West Bank city of Hebron, Israelis and a Palestinian leader met in search of a unique solution to the conflict.