Israel at 60

2007 project. Readings to help evaluate our own relationship to the State of Israel and what it safeguards, our history, so much of our legacy, our ancient homeland.

Israel at 60 - Day 1 by David Diskin — last modified 07-28-2007 12:49 AM

"What Israel means to me" by David Adler, 2005.

Israel at 60 - Day 2 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 11:19 AM

"Israel and Judaism: The next phase" by David Hartman, May, 2004

Israel at 60 - Day 3 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 02:35 PM

"My 'I', May He Rest in Peace" by Yehuda Amichai (translated by Chana Bloch and Chana Kronfeld), 2000

Israel at 60 - Day 4 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 02:36 PM

“Letter from Israel” by David Grossman from New Yorker Magazine- April 20, 1998

Israel at 60 - Day 5 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 02:37 PM

"Distinctionism" by Leon Wieseltier, 1997.

Israel at 60 - Day 6 by David Diskin — last modified 08-20-2007 07:35 PM

"A Letter to a Palestinian Friend", by Amos Oz, February 1996.

Israel at 60 - Day 7 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 02:38 PM

"In the Land of Israel", by Amos 0z

Israel at 60 - Day 8 by David Diskin — last modified 08-29-2007 12:11 AM

"Summoned to Jerusalem –The life of Henrietta Szold," founder of Hadassah, by Joan Dash, 1979.

Israel at 60 - Day 9 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 03:44 PM

“Songs of Zion the Beautiful #21”, Yehuda Amichai

Israel at 60 - Day 10 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 03:45 PM

"Israel and the Diaspora". by G. Scholem

Israel at 60 - Day 11 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 03:46 PM

Golda Meir, January 2, 1948.

Israel at 60 - Day 12 by David Diskin — last modified 08-29-2007 12:19 AM

"Hebrew Humanism", by Martin Buber, 1947.

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"Statement to the Anglo-American Committee", David Ben-Gurion, 1946.

Israel at 60 - Day 14 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 04:03 PM

"Before the Palestine Royal Commission" by Vladimir Jabotinsky, 1937.

Israel at 60 - Day 15 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 04:10 PM

"Tel Aviv", by Lea Goldberg, 1935 .

Israel at 60 - Day 16 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 04:18 PM

"Lights for Rebirth" by Ha Rav Kook, 1930.

Israel at 60 - Day 17 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 04:40 PM

"Like All the Nations?", by Rabbi Judah Magnes, 1930.

Israel at 60 - Day 18 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 04:48 PM

Talk to the Women of Hadassah, 14th Annual Convention in Pittsburgh, Henrietta Szold on June 27th, 1928.

Israel at 60 - Day 19 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 04:50 PM

"Aftergrowth" by Rahel Bluwstein, 1927.

Israel at 60 - Day 20 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 04:53 PM

"Why I Am a Jew" by Edmond Fleg, 1927.

Israel at 60 - Day 21 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 04:57 PM

"Our Tasks Ahead" by A.D. Gordon, 1920.

Israel at 60 - Day 22 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 05:00 PM

"The Jewish State and the Jewish Problem" by Ahad Ha’am, 1897.

Israel at 60 - Day 23 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 06:01 PM

"The Jewish State" by Theodore Herzl, 1896.

Israel at 60 - Day 24 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 10:50 PM

"My Heart is in the East", Y’hudah HaLevi (Spanish rabbi, poet, philosopher, 1075-1141)

Israel at 60 - Day 25 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 10:59 PM

Babylonian Talmud, 30 a

Israel at 60 - Day 26 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 11:09 PM

Babylonian Talmud, Succah 51 b

Israel at 60 - Day 27 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 11:11 PM

Midrash Rabbah - Leviticus XXIV:4

Israel at 60 - Day 28 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 11:14 PM

Tosephta Avodah Zarah

Israel at 60 - Day 29 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 11:16 PM

Tosefta B’rachot, 3:14-15

Israel at 60 - Day 30 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 11:18 PM

Psalms, Chapter 137

Israel at 60 - Day 31 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 11:29 PM

Psalms, Chapter 122

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Psalms, Chapter 48

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Jeremiah, Chapter 4 and Psalm 87.

Israel at 60 - Day 34 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 11:45 PM

Isaiah, Chapter 2

Israel at 60 - Day 35 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 11:48 PM

II Samuel 5:6-9

Israel at 60 - Day 36 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 11:50 PM

Deuteronomy, Chapter 34

Israel at 60 - Day 37 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 11:52 PM

Genesis, Chapter 12

Israel at 60 - Day 38 by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 11:55 PM

THE DECLARATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, May 14, 1948

Israel at 60 - Day 39 by David Diskin — last modified 07-30-2007 12:03 AM

The title of the Israeli national anthem is HATIKVA, which means “The Hope.” It was written by Naftali Herz Imber, a Galician Jew, and set to music in Palestine in the early 1880s.

Hatikvah by David Diskin — last modified 07-29-2007 11:59 PM