A mother explains the tradition of waiting until a Jewish boy’s third birthday to give him his first haircut, and shares her family’s experience in preparing to celebrate this big step in her son’s life.
With pressure building to implement a U.S.-backed peace plan, the upcoming meeting between George Bush and Ariel Sharon could be their most important to date.
In addition to the fight against terrorism in the West Bank and Gaza, Israeli authorities also are focusing their efforts inward, arresting senior members of the radical Islamic Movement in northern Israel for allegedly aiding Hamas.