One of the group’s senior political leaders explains its strategy to Adam Rasgon and David D. Kirkpatrick.

The President’s attempt to get food and medicine into Gaza will reveal whether his support for Israel can also protect Palestinian civilians, Steve Coll writes.

David O’Neill on “Dear Jean Pierre,” a book that documents the relationship and correspondence between the artist David Wojnarowicz and the actor Jean-Pierre Delage.

At Detroit Opera, a new production subverts Puccini’s depiction of Japan. Alex Ross reports.

Rania Abouzeid on the involvement that south Lebanon and Hezbollah may have in the war that Israel is currently waging on Gaza.

Molly Fischer reviews “Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss’s Glossier,” by Marisa Meltzer, and “Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet,” by Taylor Lorenz.

Dhruv Khullar on the concept of convalescence throughout history and why it has waned in popularity since its inception.

Peter Slevin writes a profile about J. B. Pritzker, the Democratic governor of Illinois and the billionaire hotel heir, and his political ambitions.

Eric Lach writes about an underutilized luxury office development in Brooklyn that became a respite center amid New York City’s historic influx of unsheltered migrants.

Masha Gessen writes about Jewish anti-occupation activists in Israel and the United States, and their varied reactions to Hamas’s recent attack in Israel.