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… a contradiction wired into Zionism from the start: the need to take up arms to defend our state, while recognizing the Jewish moral code that was its foundation. When the Israeli armed forces were established in 1948, Tzahal’s doctrine included the principle of tohar haneshek —...

…ative time for him than for his brother. Meir never fully made up the lost ground in school. My father simply began his Jewish primary education, cheder, a couple of years later than usual. He thrived there. Still, when it was time for him to enter secondary education, he decided...

…did you meet Ace Greenberg through his children at Dalton? -Did he say that given your reputation for intelligence and Jewish heritage, you should be working at Bear Stearns? Was this in the late 70s? -Did you soon move to a penthouse at 66th St. and 2nd Avenue? -During this t...

…so declared more than a few times that the main obstacle to peace in this part of the world is Israel, once calling the Jewish state “a festering boil in the Middle East that spreads hate and enmity.” In this holy month of Ramadan full of blood on Muslim territories, let’s try to...

…, Palestine.” I couldn’t resist remarking to one of the American negotiators that I’d always thought Jesus grew up as a Jewish boy, making thrice-yearly visits at festival time to the temple in Jerusalem, at a time when there was not a church, much less a mosque, in sight. 377 H...

…d we say, ‘that was a mistake.’ ” The Israelis counter that the real problem is Palestinian refusal to accept openly a Jewish state here and ongoing anti-Israeli incitement and praise of violence on Palestinian airwaves. Another central obstacle to the establishment of a State...

…old called me “Shapiro,” which was the name of another assistant professor, with whom I had nothing in common, except a Jewish sounding name. Griswold demanded that I teach classes on Saturday. I refused. He said he couldn’t make a special exception for me because I was a practic...

…all of those capitalists were strong believers in the Judeo-Christian West. They were either active participants in the Jewish faith, they were active participants in the Christians’ faith, and they took their beliefs, and the underpinnings of their beliefs was manifested in the...