Unity Holiday
Whatever the reason, Judaism\’s summer-season holiday has come to be neglected by much of the American Jewish community.
Whatever the reason, Judaism\’s summer-season holiday has come to be neglected by much of the American Jewish community.
After strenuous protests by Holocaust survivor groups, backed by virtually the entire Israeli political spectrum, the decision was taken last week to look for an alternative to the Wagner concert that had been scheduled for this summer\’s Israel Festival, the country\’s annual international cultural showcase.
The only thing Jerusalem\’s Jewish and Arab shopping malls had in common when news broke last Friday of the Wye II deal was that no one was dancing in the streets. There was relief that something at last was about to move on the Israeli-Palestinian front, but it takes more than Madeleine Albright playing what she fetchingly called an American \”handmaiden\” to disperse the suspicions of half a century.
Here\’s a roundup of classes and activities for children of all ages.