Essays, letters, and articles written by the distinguished Jewish scholar over a fifty-year period. Includes three essays on Walter Benjamin.

This is the first book to bring together the major essays and lectures of Leo Strauss in the field of modern Jewish thought. It contains some of his most famous

In their long history, Jews encountered political, social, cultural, and religious crises which threatened not only their very existence but Jewish identity as

An innovative and provocative study tackling the main assumptions surrounding Israel's claim to Jewish identity.

A dramatic shift is taking place in Israel and America. In Israel, the deepening occupation of the West Bank is putting Israeli democracy at risk. In the United