קִרְאִי לִי: בָּבֶל. זֶה יוֹתֵר מִיּוֹבֵל מְצַמֵּחַ אֲנִי נְהָרוֹת וְגָלוּת. קִרְאִי לִי: יָם. מְקַנֵּן בִּי חֲשָׁשׁ מְסֻיָּם שֶׁאֲנִי שֵׁפֶל וְגֵאוּת וְאִי אֶפְשָׁר שֶׁתִּקְרְאִי לִי עַם?
Last August, I had the privilege of attending the internatio Basel, Switzerlannal conference marking the 125th anniversary of the first Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland. What
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It was spring 2002; I was a sophomore in college. I was horrified by the second intifada unfolding in the news, and the campus dynamic
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בהקמת מכינת חנתון שמנו במרכז את הלימוד המעמיק של מקורות יהודיים, ציוניים והומניסטיים, מתוך תפיסה שהלימוד יעצב את דעותינו ואת זהותנו; למעלה מכך, שאפנו שהלימוד
אנו מודים לקרן ד. דן ובטי קאן על תמיכתם בהוצאת כתב העת.
With thanks and appreciation to the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Foundation for supporting this project.
