Winter 5765 / 2005, no. 19From the Editors:Save the Citizens’ ArmyBy Michael B. Oren, Benjamin Balint Currents:Naomi Shemer, 1930-2004By Yishai Haetzni Remembering Israel’s first lady of song. Essays:Machiavelli’s MoralsBy Hillay Zmora The “Prince of Darkness” on human virtue. Globalization: Just Do It By Assaf Sagiv Does Nike make a better world? God’s Beloved: A Defense of Chosenness By Meir Soloveichik Jews and Christians disagree about what love is. The Hope of Marseille By Claire Berlinski France’s most Muslim city offers a surprising model in the war on anti-Semitism. Reviews:Idealism in AshesReviewed by Jerome E. Copulsky German Idealism and the Jew: The Inner Anti-Semitism of Philosophy and German Jewish Responses by Michael Mack Intelligence Failure Reviewed by Samuel J. Spector Against All Enemies: Inside America’s War on Terror by Richard A. Clarke Waters of Babylon Reviewed by Yitzhak Dahan The Arab-Jews: Nationalism, Religion, and Ethnicity by Yehouda Shenhav Inferno Reviewed by Daniel A. Doneson The Dialogue in Hell Between Machiavelli and Montesquieu: Humanitarian Despotism and the Conditions of Modern Tyranny by Maurice Joly (John S. Waggoner, ed. and trans.) His Body, Ourselves Reviewed by Benjamin Balint Abraham’s Promise by Michael Wyschogrod (R. Kendall Soulen, ed.) Correspondence:Jewish economics, biblical archaeology, and more |
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Is There a Future for French Jewry?A changing political culture may leave no room for Europe's largest Jewish community. |
Israel and the Palestinians: A New StrategyThe former IDF chief of staff proposes a different approach to dealing with an old conflict. |
I.B. Singer's Cruel ChoiceFate and freedom for his characters, for himself. |
Zohan and the Quest for Jewish UtopiaAdam Sandler's hit comedy reflects a deep divide between Israeli and American Jews. |