A political scientist examines the ways the Zionist project looked at language and time. Is there something inherent in Hebrew that made it unsuitable for building a state?

People are scared, and scarred by history. The writer is scared, the reader is scared, the prime minister is scared

Issues of religion and state in Israel are not as divisive as they seem

Inflammatory rhetoric about African immigrants to Israel is disgraceful

Is dismissing the refusal of Israeli Arab Supreme Court Justice Salim Joubran to sing ‘Hatikvah’ understandable because he is an Arab?

Should corruption discourage our Zionist hopes and dreams?

Fearing the worst, anxious Jews risk bringing it on. This irony is known as self-fulfilling prophecy

To understand widespread Israeli alienation from the beauty of Jewish tradition, look to Ben-Gurion’s political bargain with the Orthodox (from Tablet)

Although penned by an alcoholic poet who moved to America, Israel’s national anthem still lifts the spirits of many Jews

The editor of Hartman Institute’s Havruta Journal was interviewed by Israeli English-language TV

The Zionist project, in 2011, may be shot through with thorny problems, but it is still the best answer to the question it was designed to resolve, the so-called "Jewish Question."

The sixth issue of Havruta: A Journal of Jewish Conversation, now available online, is dedicated to a search for ikkarim, core principles of Judaism

Tourism in Jerusalem has a truth of its own, as Twain and Melville well understood

The ultimate solution for Jerusalem, an out-of-the-box arrangement for this unique and wondrous city that provides security and dignity for all its inhabitants, awaits its new visionary. With any luck, he or she will be wiser than Solomon, and find a way to share the contested treasure

Israel is both an ancient and post-modern text, to be argued over like a page of Talmud in the Beit Midrash. There are many ways to be pro-Israel, not one or two. The study hall should be big enough to accommodate a wide range of arguers

Our fourth issue of Havruta is devoted to a timely topic, “The Business of Ethics.” The financial crisis affects us all: it shakes our foundations

The financial crisis affects us all: it shakes our foundations. We all need to look in the mirror and reflect

This 42nd anniversary of the outbreak of the Six-Day War - source of our great pride and ongoing frustration - is a good moment to affirm that the historical justice and necessity of the sovereign Jewish state are indeed more deeply rooted than Obama noted in his speech