By Dr. Joseph Chuman, Leader of The Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County For our platform on Sunday, January 4th I am pleased to announce that Mike Kelly, longstanding columnist […]
Israel
My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel
Author: Ari Shavit (Spiegel and Grau/Random House, New York, 2013) Reviewed by Doris Friedensohn Ari Shavit, the left-wing Israeli journalist, is an uncommonly brave writer. In My Promised Land (2013), […]
The Fertile Crescent: Gender, Art, and Society
Authors: Judith K. Brodsky and Ferris Olin (2012, Rutgers University Institute for Women and Art) Reviewed by Doris Friedensohn Timing, as we know, is (almost) everything. This is the case […]
Psychological Context of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
While the Security Council concentrates on Iraq, the agencies continue their daily work. The psychological context of the Middle East conflict is a major concern. Question–does the sight of fresh-faced […]
The Israel-Palestinian Conflict: Each Side’s Contrasting Narratives
Each side in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has its own narrative. What is important for understanding of both sides is to know what they leave out.
Israel at 60: Prospects and Hopes for Peace
The media were flummoxed and the symbolism ran deep. LastThursday President George Bush went before the Israeli Knesset to warn theIsraelis not to think about appeasing terrorists in the search […]
