Democracies are notorious for a tendency to obey the feelings rather than the mind; thus the nature of democracies often makes itdifficult to conclud…

- Amos Elon

Jerusalem has been - and for many, still is - a metaphor for destruction and the vengeance of an offended God. She is the city where believers have k…

- Amos Elon

Hindsight is not necessarily the best guide to understanding what really happened. The past is often as distorted by hindsight as it is clarified by …

- Amos Elon

The brief legal emancipation of Jews during the Napoleonic wars released unparalleled economic, professional, and cultural energies. It was though a…

- Amos Elon

In Jerusalem, the various modes of worship essentially stood for the same cause but were equally hateful to one another. They never served as a unify…

- Amos Elon

They are mostly Americans and almost all are Protestant. Many have a strong grounding in the Bible. In Jerusalem, they suddenly take off their clothe…

- Amos Elon