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The Question of Force
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The Challenge of Jewish Power
September 27, 2018 · 60 min · Episode page →
The return of the Jewish people to the tools of political and military power was bound up with their return to the land of Israel. This episode explores...
About this playlist
When Jews use force: Jewish power after two thousand years, retaliation and vengeance, the Jewish Underground, and the debate it provokes.
Where this sits in the story
4 of 9 eras
The Second Temple600 BCE–70 CESages and Geonim70–1000Sefarad and Ashkenaz1000–1492After the Expulsion1492–1700Modernity Arrives1700–1880Return and Catastrophe1880–1948The Young State1948–1967After 19671967–1987Into the Present1987–2023
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