August 2006

Dear Friend,

We welcome you to another edition of the Israel Connection, brought to you by THE ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore and the Baltimore Jewish Council. This e-newsletter includes such items as: news updates about Israel and the Middle East , Action Alerts, and upcoming programming. 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,

Israel in Crisis – Letter of Support and Updated Information

Letter of Support from Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
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On the Eve of Madness
By Thomas Friedman - July 28, 2006 – The New York Times
Damascus, Syria
Over Turkish coffee the other morning, I picked up a copy of The Syria Times, the local English-language paper, and my eye immediately went to a small box at the top of the front page…read more

'Disproportionate' in What Moral Universe?
By Charles Krauthammer - Friday, July 28, 2006 – The Washington Post
What other country, when attacked in an unprovoked aggression across a recognized international frontier, is then put on a countdown clock by the world, given a limited time window in which to fight back, regardless of whether it has restored its own security?…read more

This time, Israel is fighting for all the right reasons
By Michael B. Oren - July 30, 2006 – The Baltimore Sun
In 1982, after the massacre of 800 Palestinian civilians in Beirut, about 500,000 Israelis took to the streets…read more

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