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The national organization of Reform congregations held a "teach-in" on the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, and Associate Professor of History Shoshana Keller spoke at Temple Emanu-El as part of that program.  Keller gave a talk "How we got here. Where do we go from here?"

Background material provided by  Temple Emanu-El  for the Monday, Sept. 30 Teach-In

A. How we got here

1. Israel is the Victim by David Horowitz
2. What Everyone Should Know About the Conflict by Joseph Alpher (Reform Judaism Magazine Fall 2002, pg.38)
3. An Autumn of War by Victor Davis Hanson (see select articles)
4. Why the Jews?  by Joseph Telushkin and Dennis Praeger

B. Where do we go from here?  One side wants peace, the other victory.

1. President Bush speech on Palestinian statehood, June '02
2. President Bush speech to UN 9/12/02
3. In Praise of the Bush Doctrine by Norman Podhoretz,
(Commentary Magazine, Sept. 2002
4. Questions re;
       a. stopping terrorism 
       b. land for peace or democracy for peace
       c. Sharon's political program
       d. suicide bombings, Palestinians celebrating 9/11


C. Topics for discussion

1. Oslo Peace Accords and their failure
2. Camp David July 2000
3. Arab world anti-Semitism-schools, controlled press, books
4. "moderate Arab countries
5. Arafat's "three" languages
6. Why the U.S. supports Israel


C.  What can We Do?

1. answer critics and propagandists
2. send letters to editors, to the media, to our political leaders
3. learn the history of "no peace, no recognition, no talks" since 1948
4. proposed outline for a settlement
5. join IAC, AIPAC

D. Reading List

1. Myths and Facts (also available online at jewishvirtuallibrary.org
2. Six Days of War by Michael Oren
3. Righteous Victims by Benny Morris
4. An Autumn of War by Victor Davis Hanson
5. Why the Jews?  by Joseph Telushkin and Dennis Praeger


E. Online resources

1. Daily Alert
2. Best of the Web (WSJ)
3. Memri
4. HonestReporting
5. Israel21c.com ("A Focus Beyond the Conflict")

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