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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


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The UN’s Palestinian Refugee ProblemHow to solve their plight and end the half-century-long crisis.
The Gaza Flotilla and the New World DisorderINGOs are trying to reshape world politics at the expense of the nation-state.
Is There a Future for French Jewry?A changing political culture may leave no room for Europe's largest Jewish community.
Operation Cast Lead and the Ethics of Just WarWas Israel's conduct in its campaign against Hamas morally justified?
Secret of the SabbathIt isn’t about R&R. It’s about how to be a creative human being.

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