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TELEVISION CREWS and print reporters were all over Israel during the height of the riots, convincing Israelis that the
coverage was skewed. Here, TV crews prepare for possible trouble at Friday prayer services near the El-Aksa mosque.
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DAVID GROSSMAN'S "Yellow Winds" about the formation of Israel was
called revisionist by Zionist leaders and a reappraisal by the Arabs.
LEO FRANK, an innocent Jew who was
convicted and lynched for the murder of a
young girl in Atlanta in 1913, was the subject of
an NBC four-hour mini-series. Peter Gallagher
(center) portrayed Frank in "The Murder Of
Mary Phagan."
MIEP GIES, the courageous Dutch woman who
risked her life to hide Anne Frank, was the
subject of a two-hour television drama on CBS
this spring. Mary Steenburgen (left) starred in
"The Attic," with Lisa Jacobs portraying Anne.
DAVID SCHOENBRUN, the veteran journalist
and speaker on behalf of Israel, died this year.
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