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Benjamin Kerstein


The Heretic and the Philosopher
Public Enemies: Dueling Writers Take On Each Other and the World by Michel Houellebecq and Bernard-Henri Lévy
Spring 5771 / 2011, no. 44

A Job Badly Done
A Serious Man Written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
Winter 5770 / 2010, no. 39

The Age of Catastrophic Thinking
Summer 5769 / 2009, no. 37

Batman's War on Terror
The Dark Knight, a film by Christopher Nolan
Autumn 5769 / 2008, no. 34

Preaching to the Choir
World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism by Norman Podhoretz
Spring 5768 / 2008, no. 32

The Western Abyss
The Possibility of an Island by Michael Houellebecq
Autumn 5767 / 2006, no. 26

Sins of ’68
Power and the Idealists by Paul Berman
Spring 5766 / 2006, no. 24

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Unsettling
How Great Nations Can Win Small WarsIraq, Northern Ireland, and the secret strength of democratic peoples.
God's Alliance with ManBy adopting the features of ancient treaties, the Bible effected a revolution in the way we relate to God and to each other.
I.B. Singer's Cruel ChoiceFate and freedom for his characters, for himself.
Lawrence of JudeaThe champion of the Arab cause and his little-known romance with Zionism.

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