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Summer 5763 / 2003, no. 15From the Editors:Death by TaxesBy Daniel Polisar Essays:Urban Warfare and the Lessons of JeninBy Yagil Henkin How Israel's record in preventing civilian casualties stacks up against operations in Grozny, Kosovo, and Mogadishu. The Jews’ Right To Statehood: A Defense By Ruth Gavison A new look at Zionism from the perspective of universal rights. Genesis and Morality By David Novak Jacob and his sons offer a paradigm for justice, then and now. George Steiner’s Jewish Problem By Assaf Sagiv Should the Jews survive? A prominent intellectual wonders. Classics:The Crisis of Israeli CultureBy Yigal Alon In a 1972 speech, the minister of education called for the rediscovery of Israel's spirit. Reviews:Can Patriotism Survive Democracy?Reviewed by Jeremy Rabkin Making Patriots by Walter Berns The Arabist Predicament Reviewed by Marla Braverman Ivory Towers on Sand: The Failure of Middle Eastern Studies in America by Martin Kramer Correspondence:Yoram Hazony and critics on the Kineret Declaration |
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 Levi Eshkol, Forgotten HeroIsrael’s third prime minister offers a different model of Jewish leadership. |
 The Spectacles of Isaiah BerlinThe twentieth century's greatest liberal was anything but a pluralist |
 The Road to Democracy in the Arab WorldLiberalism has deep roots in the Middle East, if we know where to look. |
 Cruel BritanniaAnti-Semitism in Britain has gone mainstream. |
 Israel's Electoral ComplexIsraeli politics needs a system overhaul. |