February 22, 2007 • Page Image 51
…RESTAURANT figures or surprising findings. And, Oren's approach sheds much light on current events. "The idea of restored Jewish sover- eignty in the Holy Land is embedded in the idea of America, going back to colonial days:' says Oren, 51, and a senior fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem, where he lives. He explains that the Puritans, imag- ining themselves in a new Promised Land, gave their American towns biblical names and "that ident...…

















































