Autumn 5770 / 2009, no. 38From the Editors:Switzerland’s Choice of FriendsBy Assaf Sagiv Coming to Terms with Christianity By Assaf Sagiv Essays:The Radical Meaning of ForgivenessBy Robert Enright Anyone may forgive, and anyone may be forgiven—even the worst among us. Lawrence of Judea By Martin Gilbert The champion of the Arab cause and his little-known romance with Zionism. Perhaps by the Power of Memory By Gershon Shaked What will keep the Jews in Israel, despite all the reasons to leave? Chabad’s Lost Messiah By Tomer Persico Why the Lubavitcher Rebbe believed he was the Chosen One. Reviews:Terrorism’s Mask of SanityReviewed by Michael J. Totten Hezbollah: A Short History by Augustus Richard Norton The Inconvenient Truth About Race Reviewed by Marshall Poe The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution by Gregory Cochran and Henry Harpending A Conflict in Space Reviewed by Yagil Henkin Hollow Land: Israel’s Architecture of Occupation by Eyal Weizman Correspondence:Uri Avnery and Asa Kasher on Operation Cast Lead, and others. |
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The Political Legacy of Theodor Herzl Before the melting pot, a different vision of the Jewish state. |
Secret of the Sabbath It isn’t about R&R. It’s about how to be a creative human being. |
I.B. Singer's Cruel Choice Fate and freedom for his characters, for himself. |
Save the Citizens’ Army |
Job’s Path to Enlightenment A new interpretation of the Bible's most enigmatic book. |