One may imagine Israeli society not as a single block, and not as a random collection of hostile camps, but as a renewed version of an ancient parable: twelve tribes, each with a different banner, a different temperament, a different task, a different place, and a different language of truth. One tribe is drawn to the mountain, to discipline, memory, covenant, and continuity. Another is drawn to the field, to initiative, trade, motion, and growth. One is built from law, struc