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Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Frequent Israeli pogroms and now the levelling of Gaza point to an increasingly genocidal Israeli society. But Zionism was genocidal before most Zionists were, and it has been catching up to Israelis ever since.

While journalist Anton La Guardia’s flawed thesis is that the State of Israel is a modern version of ancient Sparta – totally dominated by the military – we need to ask about Amos Oz’s observation.

You feel the earth of Eretz Yisrael in every sentence. Every tree, every stone – and certainly every beast – even the magical ones – get their moment

Meir Shalev fought in the 1967 war before becoming an heir to the language of the prophets.

A recent conference held at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem examined the question of “Leadership in the Crucible of Decision.” Though the focus was on Israeli prime ministers of the last decade—Yitzhak Rabin, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yitzhak Shamir, and Ehud Barak—participating historians referred at length to the earlier models of Menachem Begin, Moshe Sharett, and David Ben-Gurion. The event was followed by a Haifa University symposium devoted to the legacy of another Israeli leader, Mo...

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda: Father of Modern-Day Hebrew In celebration of Hebrew Language Day, meet the father of modern Hebrew. It is astonishing that the Jewish nation, which has undergone various exiles and has suffered immensely at the hand of its many enemies, not only survives but thrives. Equally astounding is the revival of the Hebrew language – an extraordinary story unparalleled in history. More than 3,000 years ago, when the people of Israel arrived with Joshua to the Holy Land, Hebrew was...