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Never, perhaps, has criticism of the state of Israel by American Jews been so open, so widespread, and so bitter as it is today. Commentary asked 49 American Jewish intellectuals: Have your attitudes toward Israel changed in recent years? To what extent do you believe Israel has fulfilled, or disappointed, the hopes vested in it? How do you feel about the upsurge of Jewish criticism of Israel?
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February 1988 |
Lionel Abel, Edward Alexander, Robert Alter, Jerold S. Auerbach and Daniel Bell |
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Each decade--we think now of decades or generations as the units of social time--has its hallmarks. That of the 1960's was a political and cultural radicalism.
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June 1971 |
Daniel Bell |
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The following exchange was occasioned by Henry David Aiken's article, "The Revolt Against Ideology," which appeared in the April "Commentary."
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October 1964 |
Daniel Bell and Henry David Aiken |
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Glazer and Moynihan have concentrated on the "internal" history of each of their groups--the Irish, Italian, Jewish, Negro, and Puerto Rican--in order to chart the complex emergence of this "new social form."
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January 1964 |
Reviewed by Daniel Bell |
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A persistent worried Jews of the early Diasporas and of Hellenistic times: the fear that a child of theirs might grow up to be an am-haaretz--a peasant, ignorant of Torah; or, even worse, an apikoros--a sophisticated unbeliever. A similar crisis of identity is a hallmark of our own modernity.
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June 1961 |
Daniel Bell |
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DANIEL BELL'S article "The Subversion of Collective Bargaining" in the March issue reflects the disillusionment with the labor movement expressed by an increasing number of pro-labor...
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July 1960 |
Arthur J. Goldberg and Daniel Bell |
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Unhappy is a society that has run out of words to describe what is going on. So Thurman Arnold observed in connection with the language of private propertythe myths and folklore of...
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March 1960 |
Daniel Bell |
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The direction in which industrial society is headed, culturally and socially, is, of course, second to no other question in ultimate importance to all of us.
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July 1956 |
Daniel Bell |
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During the early truce talks in Korea, American negotiators, headed by Admiral Joy, were equipped with a slim book which they used (almost like a manual on bridge strategy) to assess Communist tactics.
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February 1955 |
Daniel Bell |
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IT IS a striking cultural phenomenon, especially for anyone with a sharp memory of the 30's, that American capitalism has obtained grudging regard and a new theoretical definition from...
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December 1952 |
Daniel Bell |
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August 1950 |
Reviewed by Daniel Bell |
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December 1949 |
Reviewed by Daniel Bell |
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After a decade and a half, an adequate political characterization of the New Deal era is still to be written.
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March 1949 |
Daniel Bell |
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The weakness of democratic leadership in a mass society is a persistent theme in contemporary political discussion.
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April 1948 |
Daniel Bell |
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November 1947 |
Reviewed by Daniel Bell |
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May 1947 |
Reviewed by Daniel Bell |
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The resources of the social sciences are called upon more and more frequently to deal with everyday problems of our society, particularly those arising from conflict and friction between groups.
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January 1947 |
Daniel Bell |
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July 1946 |
Reviewed by Daniel Bell |
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March 1946 |
Reviewed by Daniel Bell |
