Response ·
Jabotinsky in Full
By Avi ShilonI am grateful to Hillel Halkin, Martin Kramer, and Rick Richman for their thoughtful and enlightening responses. That Ze’ev Jabotinsky is able to provoke such vibrant discussion more than 80 years aft...
Avi Shilon
Avi Shilon, a historian and political scientist, is the author of Menachem Begin: A Life (2012), Ben-Gurion: His Later Years in the Political Wilderness (2016), and, most recently, The Left Wing’s Sorrow: Yossi Beilin and the Decline of the Peace Camp (Hebrew, 2017). He teaches at NYU’s Tel Aviv campus and Ben-Gurion University, and contributes op-ed pieces to Haaretz.
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The Jabotinsky Paradox
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Was Menachem Begin a Founder of Israel?
By Martin Kramer, Meir Soloveichik, Avi Shilon, Jonathan SilverCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Ben-Gurion’s Pragmatic Approach to Borders
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Missing Menachem Begin
Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.