Even in the Era of High-Tech Warfare, Defensible Borders Still Matter
Without boots on the ground, Israel is vulnerable.
April 23, 2021
Unmaking time.
The anthropologist Jonathan Boyarin, in his recent book Yeshiva Days, recounts and analyzes his experience studying at Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem, a prestigious orthodox yeshiva on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Reviewing the book, Shai Secunda details a few of its observations:
Without boots on the ground, Israel is vulnerable.
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Unmaking time.
The anthropologist Jonathan Boyarin, in his recent book Yeshiva Days, recounts and analyzes his experience studying at Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem, a prestigious orthodox yeshiva on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Reviewing the book, Shai Secunda details a few of its observations:
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