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Summer 5765 / 2005, no. 21


From the Editors:

Giving Herzl His Due
By Ella Florsheim


Currents:

The Religion of Humanity and the Sin of the Jews
Europeans remake the Jews in their own image.


Essays:

Judaism and the Modern State
By Yoram Hazony
Why Hobbes learned Hebrew.

The Political Legacy of Theodor Herzl
By Natan Sharansky
Before the melting pot, a different vision of the Jewish state.

A Return to Defensible Borders
By Dan Diker
Time to revive the classic security concept.

Cruel Britannia
By Robert S. Wistrich
Anti-Semitism in Britain has gone mainstream.


Reviews:

Golden State Warriors
Reviewed by Samuel G. Freedman
GI Jews: How World War II Changed a Generation by Deborah Dash Moore

Star-Crossed
Reviewed by Jerome E. Copulsky
Rosenzweig and Heidegger: Between Judaism and German Philosophy by Peter Eli Gordon

Shades of Enlightenment
Reviewed by Jonathan Marks
The Roads to Modernity: The British, French, and American Enlightenments by Gertrude Himmelfarb

American Idyll
Reviewed by Jerome A. Chanes
American Judaism: A History by Jonathan D. Sarna

Getting to Denmark
Reviewed by Tod Lindberg
State-Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century by Francis Fukuyama


Correspondence:

Robert Bork, Aaron Levine, and others


From the
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Zohan and the Quest for Jewish UtopiaAdam Sandler's hit comedy reflects a deep divide between Israeli and American Jews.
Levi Eshkol, Forgotten HeroIsrael’s third prime minister offers a different model of Jewish leadership.
The 'USS Liberty': Case ClosedJune 8, 1967: Why did the IDF open fire on an American spy ship?
Civilians FirstOnly in Israel does concern for the safety of soldiers override the state’s obligation to defend its civilians.
No Friends But the MountainsA visit to Kurdistan reveals an autonomous people ready for an alliance with America and Israel.

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