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Knowledge-Nation Israel:
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Carlo Strenger

In its quest to create a “new Jew,” Zionism demanded that Jews no longer make a living through their brains, but by their sweat of their brow. Today, however, as global economy becomes increasingly dependent on knowledge and creativity, Israel must reclaim the Jewish tradition of intellectual excellence, reinstating it into the heart of its ethos. Knowledge-Nation Israel thus proposes a new form of Zionism, linking the rich cultural heritage of the Jewish past with the new socioeconomic turn of the Israeli future. More »

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The Radical Meaning of Forgiveness

Robert Enright | Anyone may forgive, and anyone may be forgiven—even the worst among us.

Lawrence of Judea

Martin Gilbert | The champion of the Arab cause and his little-known romance with Zionism.

Perhaps by the Power of Memory

Gershon Shaked | What will keep the Jews in Israel, despite all the reasons to leave?

Chabad’s Lost Messiah

Tomer Persico | Why the Lubavitcher Rebbe believed he was the Chosen One.

Terrorism’s Mask of Sanity

Michael J. Totten | Hezbollah: A Short History by Augustus Richard Norton

The Inconvenient Truth About Race

Marshall Poe | The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution by Gregory Cochran and Henry Harpending

A Conflict in Space

Yagil Henkin | Hollow Land: Israel’s Architecture of Occupation by Eyal Weizman

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Jews and the Challenge of Sovereignty

Michael B. Oren | Is "Jewish state" a contradiction in terms?
Operation Cast Lead and the Ethics of Just War

Asa Kasher | Was Israel's conduct in its campaign against Hamas morally justified?
Secret of the Sabbath

Yosef Yitzhak Lifshitz | It isn’t about R&R. It’s about how to be a creative human being.
The Jews’ Right To Statehood: A Defense

Ruth Gavison | A new look at Zionism from the perspective of universal rights.
How Great Nations Can Win Small Wars

Yagil Henkin | Iraq, Northern Ireland, and the secret strength of democratic peoples.
Locusts, Giraffes, and the Meaning of Kashrut

Meir Soloveichik | The most famous Jewish practice is really about love and national loyalty.
Civilians First

Assaf Sagiv | Only in Israel does concern for the safety of soldiers override the state’s obligation to defend its civilians.
Israel's Electoral Complex

Amotz Asa-El | Israeli politics needs a system overhaul.

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