Roundup: Media's Take This is where we excerpt articles from the
media that take a historical approach to events in the news.
Murray Friedman, director of the Feinstein Center for American
Jewish History at Temple University in Philadelphia, in
FrontPageMag.com (Feb. 13, 2004): Early this year, I was a
panelist in a program at a leading Episcopalian Church in
Philadelphia. The topic was a discussion on the public policy
postures of the various faith groups. When the subject got
around to Israel and the Intifada, I noted that many within this
upper class group seemed hostile to Israel. The acts of suicide
bombers, some felt, were a response to the imperialistic designs
of the Jewish State. “What alternatives do the Arabs have?” one
member of the audience asked. The incident underlined my feeling
that there has been a marked shift on the part of the Left with
regard to many issues of concern to Jews, especially Israel. In
the period following World War II, Jews were aligned with
liberal church groups and others