Unchained, and yet somehow tethered to a Jewish and regional past, today’s Israeli cuisine blends European, Arabic and Asian traditions in a visual audacity that erases taste borders.

We need to understand that the shockwaves from a clash between the U.S. and Iran, if it indeed occurs, will reach us. If attacked, Tehran will unleash it proxies, chief among them Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, against Israel.

Iran has failed to bust the American embargo on its oil exports, while Israel and the moderate Sunni states are cooperating to check Iranian influence in the Middle East.

Now that Independence Day is over, let's make an effort to show solidarity not just in times of crisis and jubilation, but also on ordinary days. Our tribalism will continue but we must never use it for violence.

Poet Halina Birenbaum and Auschwitz-Birkenau museum threatened to boycott Turin International Book Fair if it included Italian publisher with links to neo-fascist CasaPound party.