Two U.S. Jewish congressmen are in Israel. Reps. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) and Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) planned their trips before Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a massive stroke Wednesday. Sharon currently is in an induced coma.
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