Religion and the Public Square: Attitudes of American Jews in Comparative Perspective – Part Two
Attitudes toward separation-accommodation are related to support for (or opposition to) the expression of religion in public life. Within each of the three samples, church-state separationists were more likely than accommodationists to oppose expanded religious influence in society and the involvement of churches and church leaders in political affairs.
RELIGION AND THE PUBLIC SQUARE: ATTITUDES OF AMERICAN JEWS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE – PART ONE
The Historical Context / “Separationism” vs. “Religious Accommodation” / Is Jewish Separationism Waning? / Questions for Research / Measures of Jewish Involvement / Religion in the Schools
Prime Minister Barak’s First Year: Diplomacy and Politics
Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s tenure started out with almost everything going his way. He had what was often, though misleadingly, described as a "landslide victory" in the 1999 elections (though, in truth, Jewish voters gave him only a slim 3.2 percent majority over Netanyahu – compared to the almost 12 percent margin by which Netanyahu had defeated Peres in the previous elections).
The Pope’s Millennium Visit to Israel
In the 1950s, the French Catholic academician, playwright, and former Ambassador to the U.S., Paul Claudel, asked the cultural attachי of the Israeli Embassy in Paris to convey the following message to Martin Buber: Now that the Jews had recovered their sovereignty, would they consider granting citizenship to Jesus, thereby putting an end to his "statelessness" status both for Judaism and Christianity?
Middle East Missile Proliferation, Israeli Missile Defense, and the ABM Treaty Debate
For most of the Cold War period, the spread of ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction to the Middle East was severely constrained by the existence of a global regime of arms control agreements and export controls that was chiefly supported by both the U.S. and the Soviet Union. But in the last decade this regime has crumbled.
THE FLOURISHING OF HIGHER JEWISH LEARNING FOR WOMEN
A revolution is taking place. Yet most of the orthodox community denies that it is a revolution. They look with wonder and pride at what is being created, and yet downplay the revolutionary aspect of this feminist development.
The Anti-Millennium: The Islamization of Nazareth
On 21 December 1997, just four days before Christmas, Muslim zealots fenced in the area at the foot of the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, declared it waqf land (a Muslim holy endowment), erected a large tent as a provisional mosque, and demanded the construction of a permanent mosque with a towering 86-meter minaret.
THE REFORM OF THE ISRAELI FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND WHAT REMAINS TO BE DONE
The Goals of Reform / Domination by Government and Banks / The Government Steps Out / Relaxation of Restrictions / A Move from Government Bonds to Stocks / Government’s Continuing Role / Types of Credit / What Remains to be Done
The End of the Post-Gulf War
Three basic conditions prevailed when the Arab-Israeli peace process began in 1991 in Madrid and accelerated in 1993 at Oslo. First, the Soviet Union crumbled and eventually collapsed, removing what had since 1955 been the strategic backbone of the Arab military option against the State of Israel.
The Jews of Japan
No one – apart perhaps from a few Japanese who see themselves as descendants of one of the lost tribes of Israel – would think of Japan as in sense a Jewish homeland.
Investigating Much, Paying Little: The Dutch Government and the Holocaust Asset Inquiries
Discussing the repayment of holocaust victims, and release of bank accounts held by the Dutch government.
Overthrowing Saddam Hussein: The Policy Debate
Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi dictator, has biological weapons capable of killing hundreds of thousands of Israelis with infectious diseases such as anthrax. These weapons could be delivered either by missiles, by small pilotless planes, or by infecting the passengers of a plane landing at Ben-Gurion Airport with less than an ounce of agent spread through the plane’s air conditioning system.
The False Prophet of Palestine: In the Wake of the Edward Said Revelations
Professor Edward Said of Columbia University is the Western world’s foremost spokesman for the Palestinian cause. Said, a world-class writer, elevated his personal parable of a paradise destroyed and dispossessed to his trump card in articles, books, lectures, interviews, and television documentaries.
The Mission of the Schools of Jewish Communal Service
An attempt to define the profession of Jewish communal service, and to create models of training for such workers.
The Intellectual World of Daniel Elazar
In memoriam of Daniel Elazar, an article on Jewish thought, continuation, and the impact of his work.
