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Benjamin Kerstein


The Heretic and the Philosopher
Public Enemies: Dueling Writers Take On Each Other and the World by Michel Houellebecq and Bernard-Henri Lévy
Spring 5771 / 2011, no. 44

A Job Badly Done
A Serious Man Written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
Winter 5770 / 2010, no. 39

The Age of Catastrophic Thinking
Summer 5769 / 2009, no. 37

Batman's War on Terror
The Dark Knight, a film by Christopher Nolan
Autumn 5769 / 2008, no. 34

Preaching to the Choir
World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism by Norman Podhoretz
Spring 5768 / 2008, no. 32

The Western Abyss
The Possibility of an Island by Michael Houellebecq
Autumn 5767 / 2006, no. 26

Sins of ’68
Power and the Idealists by Paul Berman
Spring 5766 / 2006, no. 24

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The Political Legacy of Theodor HerzlBefore the melting pot, a different vision of the Jewish state.
Locusts, Giraffes, and the Meaning of KashrutThe most famous Jewish practice is really about love and national loyalty.
Operation Cast Lead and the Ethics of Just WarWas Israel's conduct in its campaign against Hamas morally justified?
I.B. Singer's Cruel ChoiceFate and freedom for his characters, for himself.
The UN’s Palestinian Refugee ProblemHow to solve their plight and end the half-century-long crisis.

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