Word: einat
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...archetypal figures of the willful: an army-bound son and the proud father unwilling to leave his violent homeland amid the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The theme of self-sacrifice for the sake of family preservation manifested itself in the desert trek of a Sudanese family to Jerusalem in Einat Kapach's Jephtach's Daughter. The highlight of the screenings, however, was Ido, an award-winning documentary directed by Gilaad Goldschmidt, which combined similar themes of youthful rebellion and family relationship with a more contemporary edge. Ido's title character is the singer of a rock band in Israel who undergoes...
...establishing Israel's character and essential values is difficult and complex, but it may yet prove the most important effort of all. It is up to us to give a strong and resounding liberal-democratic answer to the question. "What kind of country do we want to live in?" --Einat Wilf...
There were serious flaws in the logic and historical accuracy of the Einat Wilf's article, "Israel's Independence Day" (guest commentary, May 5, 1995). On the point of logic, I will let the article speak for itself. The writer declares "any attempt to attribute this mass exodus [of the Palestinians in 1948] to a single cause is only true in part, and therefore false." It seems it would be slightly more precise to say that although there were other pressures upon the Palestinians to flee their homeland in 1948, one indisputable cause of the mass exodus was the brutal...
...Einat Wilf is Chair of Harvard Students for Israel...
...Hamas was a true representative of the Palestinians' best interest and not of their irrational emotions it would join the political process. By joining it would be doing the greatest and most effective service to the Palestinian population. --Einat Wilf Chair, Harvard Students for Israel