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Spring 5765 / 2005, no. 20From the Editors:Israel’s Constitutional MomentBy Daniel Polisar Unsettling By Yossi Klein Halevi Currents:Philip Roth and the Great American NightmareBy Samuel G. Freedman Jewish fear is only part of the story. Essays:Is There a Future for French Jewry?By Shmuel Trigano A changing political culture may leave no room for Europe's largest Jewish community. Rammstein’s Rage By Claire Berlinski Heavy metal and the return of the Teutonic spirit. The Jewish Mother: A Theology By Meir Soloveichik A new look at matrilineal descent. Reviews:Let Freedom RingReviewed by Jeremy Rabkin The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror by Natan Sharansky with Ron Dermer Poetically Incorrect Reviewed by Tsur Ehrlich Beautiful Motherland of Death: Aesthetics and Politics in the Poetry of Uri Tzvi Greenberg by Hanan Hever Defining Divinity Down Reviewed by Yosef Yitzhak Lifshitz Image of God: Halacha and Agada by Yair Lorberbaum Walzer’s War Reviewed by Michael S. Kochin Arguing About War by Michael Walzer Nietzsche: A Misreading Reviewed by Werner J. Dannhauser Nietzsche and Zion by Jacob Golomb Correspondence:The New IDF, Ecclesiastes, etc. |
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 Jews and the Challenge of SovereigntyIs "Jewish state" a contradiction in terms? |
 Levi Eshkol, Forgotten HeroIsrael’s third prime minister offers a different model of Jewish leadership. |
 I.B. Singer's Cruel ChoiceFate and freedom for his characters, for himself. |
 The Magician of LjubljanaThe totalitarian dreams of Slavoj Žižek. |
 The Road to Democracy in the Arab WorldLiberalism has deep roots in the Middle East, if we know where to look. |