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Autumn 5771 / 2010, no. 42From the Editors:Politics' Dark EnergyBy Assaf Sagiv Essays:The Holocaust and the Foundation of Jewish IdentityBy Avi Sagi Our history defines us—but it can also turn into a trap. Education’s Forsaken Vision By Avner Molcho Once upon a time, Israeli teachers aimed for the loftiest of goals: building moral character. A Nation Conceived in Defeat By Jacob L. Wright How the end of ancient Israelite statehood gave rise to a new collective consciousness Reviews:The Great Brain HoaxReviewed by Oded Balaban The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self by Thomas Metzinger A Theoretician's Quarrel with Theory Reviewed by Omer Moav Economic Tales by Ariel Rubinstein Plug-and-Play Judaism Reviewed by Shmuel Rosner Contemporary American Judaism: Transformation and Renewal by Dana Evan Kaplan Correspondence:Israel's Radical Left; Henry James's Conservatism |
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 Levi Eshkol, Forgotten HeroIsrael’s third prime minister offers a different model of Jewish leadership. |
 The DissidentVixi: Memoirs of a Non-Belonger and Russian Conservatism and Its Critics: A Study in Political Culture by Richard Pipes |
 Lawrence of JudeaThe champion of the Arab cause and his little-known romance with Zionism. |
 Rammstein’s RageHeavy metal and the return of the Teutonic spirit. |
 No Friends But the MountainsA visit to Kurdistan reveals an autonomous people ready for an alliance with America and Israel. |