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The Baghdad-Jerusalem Connection  
Article Bridge Over Troubled Borders by Dennis Ross
If the US does not become a bridge between the Israelis and Palestinians in managing the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, we will turn a chance for peace into a recipe for violence.
Article Leaderless by Michael Oren
I don't see over the horizon a Palestinian leader who is either capable of or willing to wage war against his fellow Palestinians in order to make peace.
Article Openings by Naomi Chazan
Three sources of change are converging--and offering an opportunity to end this decades-long conflict.
Article Mired in Mistrust by Yagil Henkin
There will never be a serious movement toward resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict until both sides are equally exhausted from fighting.
Article Start from the End of the Road by Ami Ayalon
Six peace principles that avoid the pitfalls of Oslo.
Featured Articles  
Article The Jewish Ascent in America by Philip Mandelbaum
A chronicle of the turning points in the 350-year history of Jews in America.
Article The 4,452 Year Old Food by Jenna Weissman Joselit
Matzah, the unleavened bread which the Israelites ate before leaving Egypt for the Promised Land, has weathered gastronomic trends, mass production, and fickle palates to claim its place on supermarket shelves throughout North America.
SIGNIFICANT JEWISH BOOKS
Contemporary Jewish Fiction
by Bonny V. Fetterman

Those Who Forget the Past: The Question of Anti-Semitism edited by Ron Rosenbaum. Those Who Forget the Past: The Question of Anti-Semitism edited by Ron Rosenbaum (Random House, 650 pp., paperback $16.95).

 In the post-9/11 world, Ron Rosen-baum argues, anti-Semitism from old and new quarters poses a threat to Jews worldwide, especially for the five million Jews who live in Israel. (...more)

Joy Comes in the Morning: A Novel by Jonathan RosenJoy Comes in the Morning: A Novel by Jonathan Rosen

Jonathan Rosen's second novel--a spirited contemporary love story set on Manhattan's Upper West Side--is also a story about the meaning of faith in our times. Deborah Green is a 30-year-old Reform rabbi at Temple Emunah; Lev Friedman is a 32-year-old science writer badly in need of faith. (...more) 


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