''Azure: Ideas for the Jewish Nation'' (, Techelet) was a quarterly

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published 1996–2012 by the Shalem Center in

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Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

. It published new writing on issues relating to Jewish thought and identity,

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, and the

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. It was published in both

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and English, allowing for the exchange of ideas between Israelis and Jews worldwide. The magazine was established in 1996 and was originally published twice a year, but grew into a quarterly. The magazine's founding

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was Ofir Haivry, followed by and David Hazony. Assaf Sagiv was editor-in-chief from 2007 to 2012. The emphasis of the magazine was on strengthening Jewish and Zionist values. It was highly critical of post-national and radical trends in academia, opposed

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in the Israeli legal system,Evelyn Gordon, 'Liberalism's Endgame,'
Azure, Spring 2009 and supported

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reforms in the Israeli economy. The publication ceased operations with the Autumn issue, no. 46, alerting its subscribers to this fact mid-2012. According to the letter sent to its subscribers, "circumstances and resources no longer enable he magazineto continue publication."

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