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The Land of Israel and the Jewish people are bound together in
mysterious ways that go beyond convention. Here is a nation that has
“too much history and too little geography,” as Sir Isaiah Berlin said.
Yet even in their exile, the Jews never truly left the land of their
birth. Rather, they lifted it from its native soil and transformed it
into a portable homeland, taking it with them to all corners of the
earth. Only in 1948 after nearly two thousand years did the Jewish
people return to its original home. How is it that contrary to all the
laws of history, the Jewish people outlived so many powerful empires?
How was this tiny nation able to make an unprecedented contribution to
the wellbeing of all of humankind? Why did the Jewish people become a
source of endless irritation to those who opposed its ethical
teachings? Finally, how can the State of Israel rediscover its Jewish
identity as the source of its greatest blessing and hope? Nathan Lopes
Cardozo addresses these and other questions throughout this remarkable
collection of essays.
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