Message from the Editor:
Ten Years since the Disengagement from Gaza
The disengagement from Gaza in 2005 requires thorough study and national introspection.
The Etrog: The Media, the Courts and Prime Minister Sharon during the Disengagement
The protection and favor that the media and the courts extended to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from the moment that he announced the disengagement plan.
David Silberklang, Gates of Tears: The Holocaust in the Lublin District
Silberklang’s incisive and analytical book is an outstanding contribution to the rapidly expanding literature on the destruction of Jewish communities.
Tuvia Tenenbom, Catch The Jew!
Tenenbom’s engrossing, shocking, cynical and humorously scripted book peels away layers of the context behind the news about Israel’s administration of Judea and Samaria.
In Memoriam: Yehuda Avner: Our Shakespeare
As we commemorate a year since Yehuda Avner passed away at the age of 86, we honor a noble Israeli who devoted his entire life to serving the Jewish state and the Jewish people.
Michelle Mazel, La Maison du Pacha; Souvenirs d’une Israélienne au Caire (The Pasha’s House – Memories of an Israeli Woman in Cairo)
The Pasha’s House is well-written, highly readable and interesting for those who have little knowledge of Egypt as well as for those who are well-acquainted with the country.
In Memoriam: Meir Rosenne (1931-2015)
Meir Rosenne was one of the last representatives of a generation of Israeli diplomats who made the defense of the Jewish State their purpose in life.
Geoffrey Herman, A Prince without a Kingdom
A Prince without a Kingdom, by Geoffrey Herman, Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism, 150, Tuebingen, Germany: Mohr Siebeck, 2012, 411 pp.
Patrick Henry, editor, Jewish Resistance Against the Nazis
Jewish Resistance Against the Nazis by Patrick Henry, ed., Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University Press of America, 2014, 630 pp.
Innocence Lost: The Impact of the Disengagement on Religious Zionism
The changes among religious Zionists during the decade since the disengagement.
The Disengagement: The Unanswered Question
Did Prime Minister Ariel Sharon implement this plan because he genuinely believed in it or were his motives based upon self-interest? Was his real aim to extricate himself from the criminal investigations against him?
The Disengagement from Gaza: Understanding the Ideological Background
It took only several days to expel more than 9,000 Israelis from their homes.
The Arab Attitude toward Israel’s 2005 Unilateral Disengagement:
A First-Hand Account from an Israeli Insider
Hamas’ 2000 election victory came after it claimed it had forced Israel out of Gaza.
