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Winter 5761 / 2001, no. 10


From the Editors:

The Year of Ruling Dangerously
By David Hazony


Essays:

Orde Wingate: Friend Under Fire
By Michael B. Oren
The new historians take aim at the father of the IDF.

The Supreme Court In Loco Parentis
By Evelyn Gordon
The court’s outrageous ban on spanking one’s child.

Secret of the Sabbath
By Yosef Yitzhak Lifshitz
It isn’t about R&R. It’s about how to be a creative human being.

The Brilliant Failure of Jewish Foreign Policy
By Ruth R. Wisse
For two millennia, Jews developed a method of survival in exile--which may also have led to their downfall.


Reviews:

Deciphering American Morality
Reviewed by Jeff Jacoby
One Nation, Two Cultures by Gertrude Himmelfarb

The Authoritarian Mill
Reviewed by Joel Schwartz
John Stuart Mill on Liberty and Control by Joseph Hamburger


Correspondence:

Hebrew Literature, American Zionism and more.


From the
ARCHIVES

The Jews’ Right To Statehood: A DefenseA new look at Zionism from the perspective of universal rights.
Civilians FirstOnly in Israel does concern for the safety of soldiers override the state’s obligation to defend its civilians.
The 'USS Liberty': Case ClosedJune 8, 1967: Why did the IDF open fire on an American spy ship?
Faces of DeathSaw, a film by James Wan; and Saw II, a film by Darren Lynn Bousman
I.B. Singer's Cruel ChoiceFate and freedom for his characters, for himself.

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