Culture

On trip to Israel, Democratic whip hearing out Iran deal opponents

Minority Whip Steny Hoyer has not yet decided how to cast his Iran vote, but he’s telling Israelis that whatever happens, the Israeli-American relationship will thrive.

NPR’s Nina Totenberg reclaims dad’s stolen violin, now worth millions

The FBI returned the rare 300-year-old Stradivarius to the Totenberg daughters 35 years after it was stolen from their father.

Novel about Nazi-Jewish affair roils romance literature world

The novel, about a Jewish concentration camp inmate who falls in love with her Nazi captor, was nominated for two romance literature awards and caused backlash among writers of the genre.