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Summer 5770 / 2010, no. 41From the Editors:Now I Am Become LifeBy Assaf Sagiv Essays:The Curious Case of Jewish DemocracyBy Amnon Rubinstein Does Israel suffer from a split-personality disorder? The Myth of Ellis Island and Other Tales of Origin By Dara Horn On the Jewish tradition of changing names and inventing roots. Pharaoh’s War with the Israelites: The Untold Story By Israel Knohl An enigmatic psalm points to a long-forgotten battle at the dawn of our nation’s history. Reviews:That Old-Time ReligionReviewed by Elliot R. Wolfson Judaism: A Way of Being by David Gelernter The Gentle Totalist Reviewed by Jonathan Dekel-Chen Crisis, Revolution, and Russian Jews by Jonathan Frankel The Biblical Century Reviewed by Yoram Hazony The Hebrew Republic: Jewish Sources and the Transformation of European Political Thought by Eric Nelson Correspondence:Chabad's Messianism and Israeli Radicals |
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 The Magician of LjubljanaThe totalitarian dreams of Slavoj Žižek. |
 The Political Legacy of Theodor HerzlBefore the melting pot, a different vision of the Jewish state. |
 Faces of DeathSaw, a film by James Wan; and Saw II, a film by Darren Lynn Bousman |
 The Gaza Flotilla and the New World DisorderINGOs are trying to reshape world politics at the expense of the nation-state. |
 Locusts, Giraffes, and the Meaning of KashrutThe most famous Jewish practice is really about love and national loyalty. |