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Spring 5760 / 2000, no. 9


From the Editors:

Making History
By Daniel Polisar


Currents:

Tom Segev's New Mandate
By Yehoshua Porath


Essays:

The 'USS Liberty': Case Closed
By Michael B. Oren
June 8, 1967: Why did the IDF open fire on an American spy ship?

Dionysus in Zion
By Assaf Sagiv
The new Israeli youth culture dances to an ancient tune.

Did Herzl Want A “Jewish” State?
By Yoram Hazony
Even after Herzl's deconstruction, the answer is still yes.

Towards a Hebrew Literature
By Assaf Inbari
A call to revive the Jewish story.


Reviews:

After Virtue
Reviewed by Gil Troy
The Emergence of American Zionism by Mark A. Raider

Transcending IR
Reviewed by Adam Wolfson
Justice Among Nations: On the Moral Basis of Power and Peace by Thomas L. Pangle, Peter J. Ahrensdorf,

Reagan Reconsidered
Reviewed by Yitzhak Klein
Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan by Edmund Morris; and Ronald Reagan, by Dinesh D'Souza


Correspondence:

On Love and Lennon, The Political Stupidity of the Jews and more.


From the
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The Haredim: A DefenseHow scholars have misunderstood the ultra-Orthodox.
Israel's Electoral ComplexIsraeli politics needs a system overhaul.
Cato and Caesar
Far Away, So CloseHow the commandments bridge the unbridgeable gap between God and man.
Locusts, Giraffes, and the Meaning of KashrutThe most famous Jewish practice is really about love and national loyalty.

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