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Winter 5765 / 2005, no. 19


From the Editors:

Save the Citizens’ Army
By Michael B. Oren, Benjamin Balint


Currents:

Naomi Shemer, 1930-2004
By Yishai Haetzni
Remembering Israel’s first lady of song.


Essays:

Machiavelli’s Morals
By Hillay Zmora
The “Prince of Darkness” on human virtue.

Globalization: Just Do It
By Assaf Sagiv
Does Nike make a better world?

God’s Beloved: A Defense of Chosenness
By Meir Soloveichik
Jews and Christians disagree about what love is.

The Hope of Marseille
By Claire Berlinski
France’s most Muslim city offers a surprising model in the war on anti-Semitism.


Reviews:

Idealism in Ashes
Reviewed by Jerome E. Copulsky
German Idealism and the Jew: The Inner Anti-Semitism of Philosophy and German Jewish Responses by Michael Mack

Intelligence Failure
Reviewed by Samuel J. Spector
Against All Enemies: Inside America’s War on Terror by Richard A. Clarke

Waters of Babylon
Reviewed by Yitzhak Dahan
The Arab-Jews: Nationalism, Religion, and Ethnicity by Yehouda Shenhav

Inferno
Reviewed by Daniel A. Doneson
The Dialogue in Hell Between Machiavelli and Montesquieu: Humanitarian Despotism and the Conditions of Modern Tyranny by Maurice Joly (John S. Waggoner, ed. and trans.)

His Body, Ourselves
Reviewed by Benjamin Balint
Abraham’s Promise by Michael Wyschogrod (R. Kendall Soulen, ed.)


Correspondence:

Jewish economics, biblical archaeology, and more



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Lawrence of Judea

Martin Gilbert

The champion of the Arab cause and his little-known romance with Zionism.
Jews and the Challenge of Sovereignty

Michael B. Oren

Is "Jewish state" a contradiction in terms?
Operation Cast Lead and the Ethics of Just War

Asa Kasher

Was Israel's conduct in its campaign against Hamas morally justified?
An Attempt to Identify the Root Cause of Antisemitism

A. B. Yehoshua

A prominent Israeli author gets to the bottom of the world`s oldest hatred.
Secret of the Sabbath

Yosef Yitzhak Lifshitz

It isn’t about R&R. It’s about how to be a creative human being.
The Jews’ Right To Statehood: A Defense

Ruth Gavison

A new look at Zionism from the perspective of universal rights.
How Great Nations Can Win Small Wars

Yagil Henkin

Iraq, Northern Ireland, and the secret strength of democratic peoples.
Civilians First

Assaf Sagiv

Only in Israel does concern for the safety of soldiers override the state’s obligation to defend its civilians.
Israel's Electoral Complex

Amotz Asa-El

Israeli politics needs a system overhaul.
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