Winter — 2011 Volume LVII No. 1 EDITORIAL 2 Ambassador Shoval and Mayor Koch—A Midstream Triumph and a Plea • Leo Haber 46 Guidelines for Writers as of January 2011 • Leo Haber ISRAEL AND ZIONISM 5 Bitter Foes with Much in Common—A Revised View of Ben-Gurion and Jabotinsky • Zalman Shoval 12 God Bless The Peace Process • Edward I. Koch 14 Theodor Herzl: Childhood and Youth: The Forgotten Chapters in the Life of a Hero • Ariel Feldestein 17 Yogurt and Loose Change—Exploring the Land of Israel • Michael Zimmerman PSEUDO ZIONISM 20 The “Pseudo-Zion” States (e.g. Birobidjan): A Phony Marxist Solution for “Oppressed Peoples” • Norman Berdichevsky RELIGION 26 The “New Atheists” Rebutted • Louis Kaplan REVIEW ESSAY 31 United for Death (a review of a book by Jamie Glazov) • George Jochnowitz 34 An American Jewish Poet’s Book on Jewish Themes Awarded First Prize (a review of a poetry book by Yehoshua November ) • Yehudit Freund 38 Cynthia Ozick’s Novelistic Tour de Force (a review of a novel by Cynthia Ozick) • Edward Alexander POETRY 11 Sweet Bride • Yehoshua November 13 Leah • Ada Jill Schneider 16 Red Wine and Snow • Lou Barrett 19 Sketching the Garden • Hindy Lauer-Schachter 25 What I Forgot to Ask • Myron Ernst 37 Birdsong in Eden • Leo Haber 45 Sarah • Dina Yehuda FICTION 40 The Late Lieberman • Larry Lefkowitz BOOK REVIEW 44 Love and Marriage in Boro Park (a review of a novel by Ilana Stanger-Ross) • Joel Streicker LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 47 Philip Siegelman, Cecil