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Winter 5768 / 2008, no. 31From the Editors:Civilians FirstBy Assaf Sagiv Only in Israel does concern for the safety of soldiers override the state’s obligation to defend its civilians. Essays:Zionism's New ChallengeBy Assaf Inbari Why we need a Jewish melting pot. Far Away, So Close By Yosef Yitzhak Lifshitz How the commandments bridge the unbridgeable gap between God and man. Israel's Electoral Complex By Amotz Asa-El Israeli politics needs a system overhaul. Reviews:Class ActReviewed by James R. Otteson The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce by Deirdre N. McCloskey An Orthodox Revolution? Reviewed by Aharon Rose Internal Popular Discourse in Israeli Haredi Society by Kimmy Caplan Courting Lady Liberty Reviewed by Henry Olsen Modern Liberty and the Limits of Government by Charles Fried Kaddish for the Disappeared Reviewed by Marla Braverman The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander Correspondence:Aaron Ciechanover on Israeli education; David Novak on Jewish marriage. |
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 Far Away, So CloseHow the commandments bridge the unbridgeable gap between God and man. |
 Ziegler's FolliesThe strange story of one UN official`s dubious affair with radicalism. |
 The Haredim: A DefenseHow scholars have misunderstood the ultra-Orthodox. |
 Locusts, Giraffes, and the Meaning of KashrutThe most famous Jewish practice is really about love and national loyalty. |
 Job’s Path to EnlightenmentA new interpretation of the Bible's most enigmatic book. |