The synagogue that pork built; why Iran can’t be America’s diplomatic ally; making a musical of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising; more

LEE SMITH

The United States sees an ally in a regime that is too predatory—and too weak—to be a reliable foreign policy partner

FOOD / DANIELLA CHESLOW

The Jewish History of Pick Salami, Hungary’s Most Iconic Pork ProductMark Pick may not have eaten the meat that bears his name, but he built a grand synagogue with the profits

VISUAL ART & DESIGN / ELIZABETH BERKOWITZ

Does Degenerate Art Turn Us Into Nazis?When viewers at Neue Galerie deprecate the works National Socialists held up as emblems of perfection, who are they hurting?