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The central feature of this book is an innovative critical approach, which understands medieval Hebrew poetry not only by revealing its ties with Arabic poetry but also by determining the specific characteristics by which it stubbornly distinguished itself from Arabic poetry.

The facts are these: When EADI (English Amateur Drama in Israel) was established as an umbrella organization for English community theater in Israel, HET did not join because membership was made contingent on conformity to rules and...

Sir, - Douglas Davis hits the nail on the head as usual in his Letter from London (February 11). Particularly apt is his citation of the comment that the Palestinians are fortunate in having Israeli Jews as their enemy. I would venture to add that the Arab Palestinians exist separately only by virtue of the presence of Israel, having come into being solely as its negation. They have no other ideology or principle.

Sir, - David Forman may be correct when he writes that a \"most reliable Peace Now\" report figured out that if the funds used to sustain settler communities were applied to domestic needs (settlers' needs are not domestic needs?) such as free college tuition, the standard of Israeli life would rise (\"Justice - an overworked concept,\" January 1). The point he misses is that without the support of the settlements, there would be no Israeli colleges to go to nor other myriad services which exist only by virtue of the settlers' presence. Sir,- I read with dismay [Daniel Gordis]'s disparagement of the classic film Exodus. While it is true that the film is somewhat dated, so are classics such as Casablanca and It's a Wonderful Life to name just two. It remains among my all-time favorites and one of the few DVDs I own. Some of the scenes such as the Acre prison break remain excellent and moving. Of course I might be prejudiced as I was living in Haifa as a student in 1959/60 and witnessed some of the scenes being shot. What most people don't know or remember is that the crowd scene during the declaration of the state was populated by the holding of a special Mifal Hapayis lottery that awarded the winners a train ticket to Jerusalem and a position as an \"extra\" in the crowd. Those were simpler times and the film should not be judged by today's SMS values. Sir, - I read with interest the piece by Daniel Gordis about the declining sense of peoplehood among American Jews (\"A requiem for peoplehood,\" November 27). I am not an American Jew but I think I understand where it's coming from and I must take issue with his interpretation. He sees the problem in \"liberal\" Judaism, and adoption of the model of American Protestantism.

Sir, - Your article (\"Hey, there were people here!,\" July 9) provides publicity for another propaganda attack on Israel. I am sure I know which \"certain foundation\" contributed \"a good deal of money\" for the exhibit, and why. Sir, - Alexandra Lort-Phillips, whose father, Lt. Col. Patrick Lort-Phillips, wrote in on June 25 (\"Bigoted and jingoistic...,\" Letters), must have thought that nobody was interested in the people of Gaza. This reminds me of a quotation attributed to Mark Twain, who said, \"If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed; if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.\" Sir, - In his recipe for what needs to be done to advance peace in the Middle East (\"A defining moment for American-Israeli relations,\" June 18), Alon Ben-Meir lists nine things Israel \"must\" do, or \"it is up to Israel\" to do. Turkey is given one thing it \"must\" do, and, insipidly, the Obama administration \"could\" do something or other.