On-Line with Israel at the Millennium : Insights into Life and Religion

by Halpern, Micah D.

• ISBN13: 9789657108109
• ISBN10: 9657108101
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Independent Pub Group

Summary

Along with beautiful, four-color photography, this book contains a series of short essays by an America Online columnist and historian. The essays provide a first-hand, up-close look at Israeli society. Topics include: Israel as a Religious Model. Tensions in the Holy Land. Who is a Jew? Kosher Wine Revolution. Terrorist Spin. Mossad-Myth or Mistake? Democracy vs. Education. Graffiti in Jerusalem. Bible Politics. Ultra-Orthodox Democracy. Jewish Attitudes Toward Peace & War. Iraq. The Next Fifty Years. Whose Jerusalem? Conflict of Culture. Messianism.

Table of Contents

Introduction	5	(3)
Israel as a Religious Model
Is Israel a Jewish State?	8	(7)
Tensions in the Holy Land	15	(3)
Who is a Jew? Who is a Jewish Leader?!	18	(5)
Happy New-Year Month	23	(2)
The Jewish Obsession With History	25	(2)
Why is the Press So Interested in Israel?	27	(3)
Day by Day: Moment by Moment
The Kosher Wine Revolution	30	(3)
The Terrorist Spin	33	(3)
Terror in Jerusalem Strikes Again	36	(2)
Mossad: Myth or Mistake	38	(4)
A Sorry State: Democracy versus Education	42	(3)
When Does a Journalist Become a Human Being?	45	(3)
Israel's #1 Murderer	48	(10)
Politics --- As Usual
Graffti in Jerusalem	58	(3)
Bible Politics	61	(3)
Settlements: Definition or Interpretation	64	(2)
Silwan: Jewish or Arab?	66	(2)
Obsession: Israelis and Bill	68	(2)
Ultra-Orthodox Democracy	70	(2)
Pathways Toward Peace
Jewish Attitudes Toward Peace and War	72	(11)
Moslem Attitudes Toward Peace and War	83	(3)
Misconceptions	86	(2)
Who Thinks Peace is Easy?!	88	(4)
Wye Wye Why?	92	(2)
The Day Two Rabbis Came to Gaza City: A Recollection	94	(3)
U.S. versus Iraq via Israel	97	(2)
Gas & Jews Revisited	99	(2)
Benetton's New Fashion Statement	101	(2)
Facing the Future: From Memorials to the Millennium
Israel's 50th	103	(2)
The Next Fifty	105	(4)
Two Years After	109	(2)
May He Rest in Peace	111	(2)
Whose Jerusalem?	113	(2)
Conflict of Culture in Israel	115	(6)
Millennium Messianism	121	(2)
Millennium Fever	123