Sir, - The Ordmans' letter was quite understandable. Among the presenters at this year's Limmud conference, Haaretz's David Landau justified his paper's unprofessional downplaying of Ariel Sharon's "peccadillos," as he termed them, by admitting that the "occupation" was a much more immoral concern that overrode the need for more editorial criticism.
The same paper's Gideon Levy was given four opportunities to expand on the very one-sided weekly magazine articles he utilizes in his personal campaign against Israel's policies in the disputed territories. Prof. Jacqueline Rose further contributed her very negative opinions on what she called "Zionism's tragedy," expanding on her recent book Question of Zion, in which she writes that Zionism "has become so controversial that it defies understanding and trumps reasoned public debate."
Such an agenda can be disconcerting, to say the least. Nevertheless, there were other voices: Prof. Raphael Israeli, Mitchell Bard, Arnold Roth and myself all represented a sorely needed balance to this far left-of-center viewpoint.
Limmud is getting better. We hope it will continue to improve.
YISRAEL MEDAD
Shiloh
Arnold Roth also has a letter on the subject there.
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