An ominous emblem at a Paris gala lays bare the theology of empire animating Israel’s expansion – faith recast as frontier. Imagine the following tableau, touched with Huysmansian fin-de-siècle grace and decadence: A German finance minister glides toward the lectern in a secluded Parisian salon somewhere off the Champs-Élysées – one of those polished chambers hired for charity dinners and discreet political soirées, where the champagne flows more easily than the truth. Reich Redux: An arresting