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ore than 25 area journalists
from a variety of media
heard Jerusalem Post
political correspondent and columnist
Gil Hoffman speak about the Israeli
media, politics and, of course, war and
peace at a March 9 luncheon hosted
by the Jewish Community Relations
Council of Metropolitain Detroit.
The Chicago-born Hoffman, 29,
was in the Detroit area with his wife,
Netanya, and baby Eliana, visiting his
in-laws Stuart and Helene Weiss of
West Bloomfield.
"There's more news in Israel in an
hour than in a day elsewhere, and in
Canada, a year," Hoffman said.
He said news reports change hourly
and that the daily 8 p.m. news is one of
the most popular shows on television,
often providing leads for stories that
journalists have to pursue and prepare
for the morning papers. Hoffman cov-
ers top Israeli politicians including
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, whom he
says has visibly aged during the past
year.
Hoffman tried to explain how he
balances his Israeli patriotism with
journalistic objectivity. That he reports
and critiques the government in his
regular job, and is an Israel Defense
Forces (IDF) spokesman when serving
as a colonel in the reserves, was a dif-
ficult one for his audience to grasp.
"I feel that the country is right:'
Hoffman said of his two roles, "but not
that the people who run the country
are right."
All Israelis have to deal with these
apparent contradictions, he said, not-
ing that the head of Peace Now, an
Israeli group strongly opposing Israeli
settlement activity, serves his reserve
duty guarding a West Bank settlement.
JCRC Executive Director Robert
Cohen, who spent 25 years as a tele-
vision journalist before becoming a
Jewish professional, has made media
outreach a priority. The JCRC hosts
periodic events like the one with
Hoffman and its representatives have
visited local newsrooms with presenta-
tions on Israel and the Jewish com-
munity.
Hoffman
also spoke at
Congregation
Shaarey
Zedek West
Bloomfield,
B'nai Israel
Center dur-
ing a Shabbat
program spon-
sored by the
sisterhood and
men's club. II
Gil Hoffman
Answering
Israel Critics
The Charge
Germany's Roman Catholic Cardinal
Joachim Meisner harshly criticized
Israel's West Bank security bar-
rier this month, saying it leaves
Palestinians in a catastrophic situ-
ation, locked up like animals and
reminds him of the Berlin Wall.
The Answer
Israel's security barrier is a tem-
porary, non-violent response
to Palestinian suicide bombers
who previously would cross over
into Israel from the West Bank to
kill and maim innocent Israelis
in buses, restaurants and shop-
ping centers. For 30 years, there
was no such separation between
Israelis and Palestinians and, if the
Palestinians end their campaign of
violence, the barrier can be moved,
reduced or completely dismantled.
- Allan Gale, Jewish Community
Relations Council of Metropolitan Detroit
Documentary Shown
Tolerating Intolerance will be shown
at Congregation Beth Shalom 7 p.m.
Sunday, March 18.
The film exposes the rising tide of
anti-Semitism on U.S. college campus-
es. It was produced by StandWithUs.
The screening is open to the com-
munity at no charge. A discussion will
follow.
For information, call the Oak Park
synagogue; (248) 547-7970.