From the Book - First edition.
Preface: A Jewish national liberation movement
Part I "I broke the bars of your yoke". Zionism transforms a nation
"We hereby declare" : first, existence
"We shall still see goodness" : healing Jewish heartbreak
"Grounded in our national culture" : restoring a nation
Part II "Must the sword devour forever?". Conflict and the Jewish state
"Lest the sword fall from our hands" : Jews defend themselves
"The day of vengeance will come" : wars with neighboring states
"Liberation" or "Nakba" : Palestinians, land, legitimacy
Part III "As envisioned by the prophets". The complicated care of Israel's democracy
"I'm for Jewish democracy" : ethnic democracy and its discontents
"Do what is just and right" : the "other in Israeli society
"A life of honest toil" : from food rationing to tech powerhouse
Part IV "The Jewish state" or "The state of the Jews"?. Jewish statehood, Jewish flourishing
"Trust in the rock of Israel" : Judaism in the state of the Jews
"From the four corners of the earth" : Israel and the diaspora
"The world shall fill with bounty" : Israel and humankind
Conclusion: "Half dust, half heaven".
