Arthur Hertzberg, professor of Jewish studies at New York University, is the author of numerous books, includingThe Zionist Idea: A Historical Analysis and Reader andThe Jews in America: Four Centuries of an Uneasy Encounter: A History (Columbia).

• In debate with Menachem Begin; in debate with Israel; in defence of political Zionism; in defence of cultural Zionism; contemplating America without illusions; in debate with American Jews; in debate with Christianity and Christians; the Jewishness of modern Jews; the Holocaust - in debate with man and God.

Arthur Hertzberg, professor of Jewish studies at New York University, is the author of numerous books, includingThe Zionist Idea: A Historical Analysis and Reader andThe Jews in America: Four Centuries of an Uneasy Encounter: A History (Columbia).

• In debate with Menachem Begin; in debate with Israel; in defence of political Zionism; in defence of cultural Zionism; contemplating America without illusions; in debate with American Jews; in debate with Christianity and Christians; the Jewishness of modern Jews; the Holocaust - in debate with man and God.