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Spring 5760 / 2000, no. 9


From the Editors:

Making History
By Daniel Polisar


Currents:

Tom Segev's New Mandate
By Yehoshua Porath


Essays:

The 'USS Liberty': Case Closed
By Michael B. Oren
June 8, 1967: Why did the IDF open fire on an American spy ship?

Dionysus in Zion
By Assaf Sagiv
The new Israeli youth culture dances to an ancient tune.

Did Herzl Want A “Jewish” State?
By Yoram Hazony
Even after Herzl's deconstruction, the answer is still yes.

Towards a Hebrew Literature
By Assaf Inbari
A call to revive the Jewish story.


Reviews:

After Virtue
Reviewed by Gil Troy
The Emergence of American Zionism by Mark A. Raider

Transcending IR
Reviewed by Adam Wolfson
Justice Among Nations: On the Moral Basis of Power and Peace by Thomas L. Pangle, Peter J. Ahrensdorf,

Reagan Reconsidered
Reviewed by Yitzhak Klein
Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan by Edmund Morris; and Ronald Reagan, by Dinesh D'Souza


Correspondence:

On Love and Lennon, The Political Stupidity of the Jews and more.


From the
ARCHIVES

Zohan and the Quest for Jewish UtopiaAdam Sandler's hit comedy reflects a deep divide between Israeli and American Jews.
Civilians FirstOnly in Israel does concern for the safety of soldiers override the state’s obligation to defend its civilians.
Orde Wingate: Friend Under FireThe new historians take aim at the father of the IDF.
The Spectacles of Isaiah BerlinThe twentieth century's greatest liberal was anything but a pluralist
Levi Eshkol, Forgotten HeroIsrael’s third prime minister offers a different model of Jewish leadership.

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