Editorial & Opinion

What They Are Saying
May 8, 2008

Excerpts from international writers with commentary on issues relating to the Middle East, Israel and world Jewry:

Cartoon
May 8, 2008

Letters
May 8, 2008

A Celebration for All of the Jewish People
May 8, 2008

The anniversary of Israel's founding cannot be treated as just another day on the calendar. Put simply, the rebirth of Jewish sovereignty in the land of Israel 60 years ago was the pivotal moment in modern Jewish history.

Still Fighting the Same Old War
'Revisionist' historian's '1948' places current and past conflicts in perspective
May 8, 2008 - Jonathan S. Tobin

In the course of a lengthy essay in The Atlantic, writer Jeffrey Goldberg quotes an encounter he had with a Gazan imam named Ibrahim Mudeiris, who had just delivered a sermon in which he had described the Jews as "the sons of apes and pigs."

Media Clippings
Women's World
May 8, 2008 - Robert Leiter

It was time to drop in again on the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute's bimonthly eZine known as 614. Geared mostly for women, it debuted early in 2007, and I first wrote about it several months later.

Continuing the 60-Year Search for a National Identity
Can a nation replete with Israeli hearts also relearn the art of fostering a Jewish soul?
May 8, 2008

I will never forget my first day in Israel, when a group of teenagers pointed at my tallit and laughed. It was the summer of 1970, and at age 15, I had realized my dream of volunteering on a kibbutz.

Media Watch
Context on Carter's New 'Friends' Still Missing
May 8, 2008

While Jews around the world were preparing for Passover last month -- a holiday that commemorates the liberation of the children of Israel from Egyptian slavery, and their 3,000-plus-year connection to the Land of Israel -- former President Jimmy Carter was meeting with leaders of Hamas.

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