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Spring 5771 / 2011, no. 44From the Editors:A Chilly Welcome for Arab DemocracyBy Assaf Sagiv Essays:Love's Human Bondage: A Biblical WarningBy James A. Diamond Who should be the ultimate object of our desire? Joseph Conrad's Play of Light and Shadow By R.R. Reno Lord Jim as a cautionary tale about the frailty of modern man. When Man Meets Himself: Hillel's Existential Puzzle By Jacques Schlanger The famous sage's profound message allows for very different interpretations. Reviews:State Your OccupationReviewed by Boaz Neumann The Time of the Green Line: A Jewish Political Essay by Yehouda Shenhav Works Like a Charm Reviewed by Yaki Menschenfreund Complementary Medicine and the Reenchantment of the World by Yael Keshet Totem and Tefillin Reviewed by Dinah M. Mendes The Jewish World of Sigmund Freud: Essays on Cultural Roots and the Problem of Religious Identity Edited by Arnold D. Richards The Heretic and the Philosopher Reviewed by Benjamin Kerstein Public Enemies: Dueling Writers Take On Each Other and the World by Michel Houellebecq and Bernard-Henri Lévy Correspondence:INGOs and the new world order; Israeli education |
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 Job’s Path to EnlightenmentA new interpretation of the Bible's most enigmatic book. |
 How Great Nations Can Win Small WarsIraq, Northern Ireland, and the secret strength of democratic peoples. |
 Civilians FirstOnly in Israel does concern for the safety of soldiers override the state’s obligation to defend its civilians. |
 Lawrence of JudeaThe champion of the Arab cause and his little-known romance with Zionism. |
 Locusts, Giraffes, and the Meaning of KashrutThe most famous Jewish practice is really about love and national loyalty. |