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Offers a look at anti-Semitism in Europe. Claim that anti-Semitism in Europe is tied to local circumstances and political developments in Europe and elsewhere; Statement that anti-Jewish incidents in France or Belgium can be attributed to young people of Muslim or Arab background; Suggestion that anti-Semitism in 2004 is not the same as the anti-Semitism of the 1930s; Discussion of the rise of anti-Semitism in the United States; Report that young people in Europe are less tolerant of prejudice than their parents were; Link between hostility to Jews and events in the Middle East; Discussion of the difference between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism; Report that Europeans and Americans view the conflict between Israel and Palestine in different ways; Reference to an essay by Omer Bartov regarding contemporary anti-Semitism; Statement that the policies of Israeli governments have provoked anti-Jewish feelings in Europe; Connection between United States foreign policy and Israel.

In this article, comments of five longtime observers from the U.S. Jewish community is presented on the relationship between the American Jews and Israel. First comment is by the Professor of Jewish Studies, Dartmouth College. According to him, gender and theology are the two symbol systems that configure the relationship between the State of Israel and American Jews. Zionism meant transcending effeminacy, re-creating the Jew as man. If Zionism was about Jewish masculinity, then the establishment of the State of Israel inaugurated a marriage between Israel and American Jewry. Another commentator is the visiting Professor of Humanities, New York University. He comments that the Jews of Israel and the United States have been "married" for fifty years, and they can no longer cover up their disenchantments with each other.

The article discusses Zionism. It was to supply the elementary need of a homeless people for a home that the Balfour Declaration was issued on November 2, 1917, announcing that "His Majesty's government view with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national borne for the Jewish people." The purpose of this historic document, which was subsequently approved by fifty-two nations, including the United States, was understood and accepted by the parties most directly involved. Since 1918, more than half a million Jews have been settled in Palestine.

The article offers information about American Zionism, that was for most Jews, was the dream of only a very few before World War I. Topics discussed include that the American Zionist movement by 1910 could claim less than 10,000 members out of 2,000,000 American Jews; ways in which Zionist Jewish membership rose to over two hundred thousand in the next two decades; and ways in which Israel helps American Jews shift from Anatevka to Jerusalem.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in the previous issues. "House of Esau," which focused on Jewish nationalism; "A Study in Justice," which presents severe criticisms of the U.S. Department of Justice in its investigation of charges against Captain Robert Rosenbluth; "Russian Trade With U.S. Falls Off," which made anti-Soviet propaganda.

The author discusses U.S. president Barack Obama's policies regarding Israel and their implication upon Israel's national existence. The author explores whether the traditional American policy regarding Israel will be threatened by the Obama administration's emphasis on diplomacy over national security. Obama's approach to nuclear proliferation and Iran's nationalism is discussed.

Presents letters to the editor in response to articles that appeared in previous issues of the magazine. Letters in response to "He Meant What He Said," by Omer Bartov, in the February 2, 2004 issue, and a reply by Bartov; Letter in response to "The Body Eclectic," by David Hajdu, in the February 9 issue, and a reply by Hajdu.

The author, a former editor of "The Nation," pays tribute to contributor Edward Said, who died on September 25, 2003. We gave him cufflinks fashioned out of typewriter keys for his sixtieth birthday. I had selected the keys, an exclamation mark and a semicolon, and Alexander made the little speech that night explaining the choice. The exclamation mark--of course, the exclamation mark! Who knew Edward, who saw Edward for an hour, perhaps an instant, without recognizing the vivid force of the man? The semicolon is another story altogether. Curiosity of the punctuation world, neither showy nor strictly utilitarian, it is the symbol of unapparent linkages, the iconic gesture casting back at one thought while drawing it forward, finished yet unfinished, into the next. I remember sitting beside him one day, going over galleys of a piece he'd written on the second anniversary of the Oslo Accords. Everything had gone to hell, as he'd predicted on the day of the famous handshake. I never got the feeling Edward took pleasure in the accuracy of his predictions. For all his erudition, all the easy references to Adorno or Vico or ones more obscure, Edward did not write in the clogged, remote style of the academic. And for all his acquaintance with elites, he had an allergy to power. His objection to the war on Iraq sprang from the same source as his opposition to Zionism and his contempt for Arab despots, including Arafat. As the most prominent advocate for the Palestinian cause, as a Palestinian exile, he was in psychic proximity to one of the most excruciating instances of collective suffering in the postwar period. The best tribute that night of the sixtieth birthday was delivered by Edward's daughter, Najla.

Presents several letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. Information regarding the decreasing popularity of Governor George Wallace of Alabama; Disagreement expressed against a previously published editorial view supporting candidacy of Wallace for the coming U.S. Presidential election; Comments on the article "The World of Sirhan: The Assassin in His Context," related to the 1947 United Nations' resolution calling for the re-partitioning of that part of mandated Palestine, published in the July 30 issue; Clarification of the actual project under the Balfour Declaration of 1917 for establishing a national home in Palestine for Jewish people; Evaluation of the personality of William Buckley as a columnist, a political critic, and a demythologizer.

Presents several letters to the editor referencing the article "A Jew Looks at Vatican Policy," by J.L. Teller, published in the March 13 issue. Spread of anti-Catholic ideas through the article; Criticism of Teller for insulting the integrity of Catholics in his article; Role of communism in motivating the ascendance of Vatican influence in international affairs; Explanation of Teller about his views on Jews and Catholics.

This article presents information on various social issues concerning the U.S. Around City Hall in Jersey City, New Jersey the talk is that Republican Governor-Elect Walter Edge will appoint as Prosecutor of Hudson County. A Temple Congregation in Houston, Texas, recently passed a resolution barring from voting membership any Jew who practiced the dietary laws of orthodox Judaism, favored the perpetuation of Hebrew as a language, or belonged to any organization favoring Zionism. The newspaper Washington Times-Herald recently carried the names of seventy-four men who would shortly report for active duty in the armed forces.

This article reveals that the Reform Jewish movement is now in the process of abandoning its traditional opposition to Jewish nationalism and adopting a Zionist worldview--going so far as to encourage American Jews to emigrate to Israel which, in the view of today's Reform leaders, is "central" to Judaism and is, in fact, the only place where a "full Jewish life" can be led. This represents an almost complete reversal of the philosophy embraced by those who created Reform Judaism in the U.S. in the 19th century.

Suggests that the identity of the Jews as a distinct people is being threatened. Implications of a widening gap between the Jewish communities in Israel and the United States; Crucial differences in priorities and interests; Projected future of Jewry in America and Israel.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics published in the previous issues of this journal. Photograph showing soldiers of the United States Army who are serving in Vietnam; Comments on the situation in Korea, the Cuban missile crises and the war in Vietnam; Criticism of Zionism for being irrevocable subversion of the spiritual aspirations of the Hebrew faith.