One synagogue’s epic battle over a stained-glass window; the philosopher who inspired Bernard-Henri Lévy’s ‘Genius’; more

In her new book ‘Set in Stone,’ Jenna Weissman Joselit recalls one synagogue’s battle over a stained-glass window

The Genius of LiteratureBernard-Henri Lévy draws from the well of late-18th-century French philosopher Chateaubriand for a broad defense of the aesthetics and morals of liberalism

Taking a ‘Sharp Knife’ to the TalmudDaf Yomi: Interpreters of ancient Jewish law ‘often give the impression of doing whatever needs to be done to make the Bible mean what they want it to mean’

Their Flag and OursThe Confederate side wasn’t the only one to indulge in postwar nostalgia—memorializing its heroes, victims, and symbols. But only one side kept fighting.