Fifty years ago, Israel began a program of assistance to Africa. The American Jewish Committee continues that tradition with the Africa Institute, which will promote economic development in the world’s poorest continent.
As Ehud Olmert brings his plan for a West Bank withdrawal to Washington, President Bush is wary of committing to nitty-gritty details until he has a better understanding of Olmert’s big picture.
More than 700 people gathered in Florida this week to remember Daniel Wultz, a teenager who died Sunday in an Israeli hospital as a result of wounds suffered in the April 17 suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.