Syria has driven them closer; will Flotilla 2 tear them back apart? Plus Iranian war games, and more in the news Last standing American (and Jew) likely to face Nadal next An update on the Gaza-bound flotilla  | |  I have conflicted feelings toward Israel, but I love my daughter's progressive, tolerant, anti-bullying, anti-materialist—and, yes, Zionist—summer camp I have my shpilkes about Israel. I am no more likely to attend an Israel Day Parade than a Justin Bieber concert. I hesitate to talk about Israel with my children, and I feel a visceral anxiety upon seeing an Israeli flag. I oppose attempts to remove pro-Palestinian books from school reading lists and libraries. Tablet Magazine's readers have called me a "latte-swilling," "spoilt," "knucklehead" "hypocrite" (it's like a Zagat review of horridness!) One said: "Thank you for helping me understand why most of my family burned in ovens while American Jews like yourself stood by doing nothing." More  | In The Lost Children, Tara Zahra tells the heartbreaking stories of child survivors of World War II, whose fate was often decided by ideological battles, policy debates, and lingering ethnic tensions More |  | A new doll is inspired by Adele Bloch-Bauer, Klimt's famous Austrian Jewish model. It's one of a new series of collector's edition dolls dedicated to great works of art. More | |
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