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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


From the
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The Road to Democracy in the Arab WorldLiberalism has deep roots in the Middle East, if we know where to look.
The Gaza Flotilla and the New World DisorderINGOs are trying to reshape world politics at the expense of the nation-state.
No Friends But the MountainsA visit to Kurdistan reveals an autonomous people ready for an alliance with America and Israel.
Cruel BritanniaAnti-Semitism in Britain has gone mainstream.
Locusts, Giraffes, and the Meaning of KashrutThe most famous Jewish practice is really about love and national loyalty.

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