Across the street from the Knesset, there's a building going up that has no fences—intentionally

Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis · Feb 22, 2023 · 40m

It is difficult, in these turbulent times, to focus on almost anything Israel-related that is not somehow connected to the current explosive political situation.

But we have to. After all, preserving Israel is not about preserving a Jewish state for its own sake, but because a Jewish state makes certain kinds of Jewish life, certain forms of Jewish richness, possible. If it didn’t do that, it would not matter very much.

In Monday’s column, we turned our attention to a notable Israeli annual photography exhibition. Today we turn to a library.

“A library?”, you might ask. Yes, a library. If you…