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Synagogue and State: Good Ideas That Don’t Mix

July 6, 2008May 15, 2008 by Gershom Gorenberg

I’ll be participating in a special New Israel Fund webcast on Sunday:   Religion and State: Fundamentalism or Freedom? With Naomi Chazan, Frances Raday, Jafar Farah and Gershom Gorenberg Sunday May 18 8 pm Israel time, 1pm EST, 10am PST www.nif.org/webcast Please join us then.

Categories Judaism and Religion, Politics and Policy Tags New Israel Fund, NIF, religion and state 2 Comments

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The Unmaking of Israel: How It Broke. How to Fix It.

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Articles - Gershom

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  • NY Times: How Do You Prove You’re a Jew?
  • The Minister for National Fears
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Books

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  • Haim Watzman: Company C

Interviews

  • Gershom – Fresh Air on ‘Christian Zionism’
  • Gershom – Fresh Air on Accidental Empire
  • Gershom on bloggingheads: Bibi v. Barack, AIPAC v. reality
  • Haim on “Weekday”, KUOW Public Radio
  • Haim on the International Relations and Security Network podcast

Periodicals

  • Nature
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