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IN HIS 1913 essay 'The Hebrew Book,' the prominent Hebrew poet and literary figure Chaim Nachman Bialik elaborated on an idea that had been preoccupying him for several years. Termed [...]

The Jewish State: The Struggle for Israel's Soul by Yoram Hazony Basic. 433 pp. $28.00 YORAM HAZONY is the young, American-born director of the Shalem Center, a neoconservative think tank [...]

To the Editor: TRY AS Hillel Halkin might--he proposes various budget-stretching policies that Israel should adopt in order fully to integrate its Arab citizens into mainstream society--he cannot resolve the [...]

TO THE EDITOR: I am honored that Hillel Halkin has twice written about my book, Reckless Rites: Purim and the Legacy of Jewish Violence, in the pages of COMMENTARY, and […]

TO THE EDITOR: Hillel Halkin argues that Israel should not do anything rash vis-A-vis its Palestinian problem but rather 'must sit tight and hope that ... the future will eventually […]

To THE EDITOR: In an era in which the classics of Western literature are sometimes dismissed as the outmoded works of dead white males, Hillel Halkin's remarkable essay, 'Sailing to [...]

TO THE EDITOR: Hillel Halkin begins his review of my book, The Oslo Syndrome: Delusions of a People Under Siege [September], by observing that the 1993 Oslo peace accords between [...]

TO THE EDITOR: Since my book Why the Jews Rejected Jesus: The Turning Point in Western History came out, it has been met by impassioned responses from every quarter, including [...]

TO THE EDITOR: Hillel Halkin asserts that the Bible, as a sacred book, 'remains stubbornly resistant' to being read as literature, 'despite its literary brilliance' ['Doing Justice to the Bible,' [...]

The article focuses on the defeat of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in the general elections. He stepped down as the leader of the Likud Party. The reduction in the terrorist activities by Palestinians marked his tenure. He made Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat realize that terrorism would harm the interest of Palestinians.

Evaluation of WHO and NDDG Criteria for Impaired Glucose Tolerance Results From Two National Samples The considerable disagreement in the definition of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) by National Diabetes Data [...]

I WOULD be happier about the results of Israel's elections, in which I voted for Benjamin Netanyahu, if all my friends, who voted for Shimon Peres, were not in mourning. [...]

Jerusalem's claim to being the Jewish spiritual center is easily disproved since all the religiously significant events the past 1000 years took place outside its walls. Today's Jerusalem is not the hub of Israel's creativity; Tel Aviv is. On the other hand, all these are the lamentations of an old and jealous lover.