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Winter 5764 / 2004, no. 16


From the Editors:

Memory in Ruins
By David Hazony


Currents:

Autumn of Nations
By Pierre Manent
Is Europe doomed to failure?

Hatreds Entwined
By Yossi Klein Halevi
Why anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism are becoming one and the same.


Essays:

Redemption and the Power of Man
By Meir Soloveichik
Judaism and Christianity differ on man's moral capacity.

The Decline of Israeli Sociology
By Alek D. Epstein
Most scholars are too busy smashing myths of the past to pay attention to Israeli society.

Zionism’s Compatriots
By Amnon Rubinstein
A growing number of European states look a lot like Israel.

Jewish Sovereignty as a Theological Problem
By Joseph Dan
What Israel means to the rest of the world.


Reviews:

Cardinal Sins
Reviewed by Robert S. Wistrich
A Moral Reckoning: The Role of the Catholic Church in the Holocaust and Its Duty of Repair by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen

The Philosopher’s Bible
Reviewed by Benjamin Balint
The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis by Leon R. Kass


Correspondence:

On George Steiner, Jenin, the ICC, and more


From the
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Israel's Electoral ComplexIsraeli politics needs a system overhaul.
The Jews’ Right To Statehood: A DefenseA new look at Zionism from the perspective of universal rights.
Jews and the Challenge of SovereigntyIs "Jewish state" a contradiction in terms?
An Attempt to Identify the Root Cause of AntisemitismA prominent Israeli author gets to the bottom of the world`s oldest hatred.
I.B. Singer's Cruel ChoiceFate and freedom for his characters, for himself.

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