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Tikkun Olam, Israel and a Just World Order

Tikkun Olam, Israel and a Just World Order

November 1, 2014 | Amb. Dore Gold
Several months before he was elected president, Barack Obama invoked the term “tikkun olam” (literally, repairing the world) in order to create a common bond with his American Jewish audience.
Tikkun Olam: A Case of Semantic Displacement

Tikkun Olam: A Case of Semantic Displacement

November 1, 2014 | Byron Sherwin
The term “tikkun olam” has become the shibboleth of American Jewry, and like other Jewish words such as “chutzpah” it has entered English vocabulary without translation.
The U.S. Navy Saved Jews of Eretz Yisrael Exactly 100 Years Ago

The U.S. Navy Saved Jews of Eretz Yisrael Exactly 100 Years Ago

October 2, 2014 | Lenny Ben-David
One hundred years ago the Jews of Palestine suffered terribly from hunger, disease and oppression.
Heroes, Hucksters, and Storytellers: On the Jewish Military Union (ŻZW)

Heroes, Hucksters, and Storytellers: On the Jewish Military Union (ŻZW)

December 31, 2013 | Mary Seeman
Zionism in the Shadow of the Pyramids: The Zionist Movement in Egypt: 1918–1948, by Ruth Kimche

Zionism in the Shadow of the Pyramids: The Zionist Movement in Egypt: 1918–1948, by Ruth Kimche

December 31, 2013 | Michelle Mazel
Evangelical Anti-Zionism as an Adaptive Response to Shifts in American Cultural Attitudes

Evangelical Anti-Zionism as an Adaptive Response to Shifts in American Cultural Attitudes

December 31, 2013 | Dexter Van Zile
Charles Taylor and Jewish Identity in the Twenty-First Century

Charles Taylor and Jewish Identity in the Twenty-First Century

December 31, 2013 | Dr. Edward Rettig
Battle for our Minds: Western Elites and the Terror Threat, by Michael Widlanski, Threshold Editions, Simon and Schuster

Battle for our Minds: Western Elites and the Terror Threat, by Michael Widlanski, Threshold Editions, Simon and Schuster

December 31, 2013 | Lela Gilbert
The Eichmann Trial, by Deborah E. Lipstadt

The Eichmann Trial, by Deborah E. Lipstadt

December 30, 2013 | Prof. Sergio Itzhak Minerbi
FDR and the Jews. by Breitman, Richard and Allan J. Lichtman

FDR and the Jews. by Breitman, Richard and Allan J. Lichtman

December 30, 2013 | Adrien Dallaire
Louis Marshall and the Rise of Jewish Ethnicity in America, A Biography, by M. M. Silver

Louis Marshall and the Rise of Jewish Ethnicity in America, A Biography, by M. M. Silver

December 30, 2013 | Dr. Sarah Schmidt
The Threat to Freedom of Speech about Israel: Campus Shout-Downs and the Spirit of the First Amendment

The Threat to Freedom of Speech about Israel: Campus Shout-Downs and the Spirit of the First Amendment

December 30, 2013 | Justus Reid Weiner
Message from the Editor

Message from the Editor

December 30, 2013 | Joel Fishman
The Unhappy Identity, by Alain Finkielkraut

The Unhappy Identity, by Alain Finkielkraut

December 30, 2013 | Michelle Mazel
Resurgent Antisemitism: Global Perspectives, by Alvin Rosenfeld

Resurgent Antisemitism: Global Perspectives, by Alvin Rosenfeld

December 30, 2013 | Catherine D. Chatterley