15 and Counting
Rob Eshman
August 8, 2002
Washington\’s official response to the killings of five Americans at Hebrew University can be summed up largely in a word: words.
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The Christian Right, Conservatism and the Jews
Joel Kotkin
June 6, 2002
For generations, Jews have viewed religious conservatives with a combination of fear and disdain. Yet the recent events in the Middle East — and the steadfast support given Israel by religious conservatives — has gone a long way to correcting many often exaggerated, if not misplaced, assumptions about this large, and politically significant, group.
This Land Is Our Land
Rabbi Mimi Weisel
June 6, 2002
You cannot remove other people\’s anxieties, but sometimes you can help them to understand their feelings of unease and find ways to cope with them.
Most Americans Mistrust Saudi Peace Plan
JTA Staff
April 11, 2002
Only 26 percent of Americans believe the Saudi peace initiative is sincere, according to a new poll of more than 1,000 Americans. Thirty-one percent believe the Saudis launched the initiative to improve their image in the United States. Sixty-two percent of respondents believe the Saudis are not ready to accept Israel\’s right to exist.
The plan calls for the Arab world to make peace with Israel in return for a withdrawal from all lands Israel captured in the 1967 Six-Day War. The survey, commissioned by the Institute for Jewish & Community Research, has a margin of error of 3 percent.
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