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Autumn 5772 / 2011, no. 46


From the Editors:

The Jews' Oldest Enemies
By Assaf Sagiv




Essays:

Islamotopia: The Muslim Brotherhood's Idea of Democracy
By Uriya Shavit
Why liberty can't withstand the political rule of the Koran.

Judaism as a First Language
By Moshe Koppel
An analogy that can explain a lot about the evolution of our cultural heritage--and its worrisome decline.

The Relevance of Rabbinic Leadership
By Yedidia Z. Stern
Rabbis have guided and inspired their people through the worst of times. What prevents them from doing the same today?


Reviews:

One Big Thing
Reviewed by David Heyd

'Justice for Hedgehogs' by Ronald Dworkin



A Remorseless Apology
Reviewed by Boaz Neumann
'The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives' by Gilbert Achcar


Correspondence:

Menachem Kellner, Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, and Kenneth Seeskin on biblical love; Nathan Lopes Cardozo on halachic reform




From the
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The DissidentVixi: Memoirs of a Non-Belonger and Russian Conservatism and Its Critics: A Study in Political Culture by Richard Pipes
God's Alliance with ManBy adopting the features of ancient treaties, the Bible effected a revolution in the way we relate to God and to each other.
Secret of the SabbathIt isn’t about R&R. It’s about how to be a creative human being.
How Great Nations Can Win Small WarsIraq, Northern Ireland, and the secret strength of democratic peoples.
Far Away, So CloseHow the commandments bridge the unbridgeable gap between God and man.

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