Dear Friend,

We welcome you to another edition of the Israel Connection, an e-newsletter brought to you by THE ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore and the Baltimore Jewish Council. Our goal is to provide you with relevant information that you can use in your advocacy efforts and to express your support and solidarity with the people of Israel. We welcome your feedback — please email us at lkatzen@baltjc.org or call Lynn Katzen at the Baltimore Jewish Council at 410-542-4850 with your comments.

Sincerely,

Linda A. Hurwitz
Chair, Hasbarah Committee
Joel Simon
Chair, Israel Connection

January 2004

IN THIS ISSUE...





TAKE ACTION
Educate yourself, your friends and colleagues about Israel!
Do you find yourself continually asking questions about the Middle East? Do you know others who want to learn more about the crisis in Israel?
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE… HERE IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY!...
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LEARN THE TRUTH
Myth: "Israel's so-called security fence is just like the Berlin Wall."
FACT: Although critics have sought to portray the security fence as a kind of "Berlin Wall," it is nothing of the sort. First, unlike the Berlin Wall, the fence does not separate one people, Germans from Germans, and deny freedom to those on one side....
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STRAIGHT FROM THE SOURCE
American Jewish Committee (AJC) Trip Notes
October 25 - November 1, 2003
By Terry M. Rubenstein
Madrid, Berlin, Hamburg and Paris

Executive Vice President of the Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds, Terry M. Rubenstein recently returned from a trip to Western Europe with a delegation from the AJC. The purpose of this Mission was to examine the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe ...
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ARCHIVES

UPCOMING ISRAEL PROGRAM
Presidential Politics, Israel and the Jewish Community: Where do the Candidates Stand?
Thursday, February 12, 2003
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HOW YOUR DOLLARS HELP

In the two and a half years since the start of the current intifada, the entire population of Israel has endured ...
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FROM BALTIMORE TO ISRAEL
Israel and Maryland: Governor Robert L. Ehrlich’s Trade Mission to Israel
By Edward B. Miller, Deputy Secretary of Maryland’s Department of Business and Economic Development
It didn’t take long for us to realize that our trip was about more than economic development opportunities for the State of Maryland. .
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