This is not a time like every time, it's not
an age like every age.
Something is happening.
Something's awakening, something's changing.
I don't think there's anything more relevant
to this time than the struggle between imperialism
and nationalism.
The world is much better off if nations are
free.
That's rock-bottom in the Israeli political
tradition, the Zionist political tradition.
You need to be a part of your nation and to
take part in the fulfillment of its mission.
This is Jewish nationalism.
People actually think that nationalism is
some bad thing.
They actually think it's a nasty word.
Do we have any resources for thinking about nationalism?
For evaluating it?
Is this a good thing for mankind or is this
a terrible thing?
We will be doing a tour that begins with the
book of Genesis all the way through the Jewish
exile, the rise of modern Christian nationalism,
and then to Zionism, to the ideal and the
reality of an independent Jewish state in
our time.
It's really quite a story.
