IN THE SPOTLIGHT [ more » ]

Supporting Israel - an uphill climb By DAVID E. KAPLAN 73-year-old Denver resident Herzl Melmed has cycled through the Rocky Mountains and across the Arizona Desert to raise money to support bike clubs for Israeli kids living along the Gaza border. Artistic visions By YOCHEVED MIRIAM RUSSO Negev Museum of Art director Noga Raved talks to Metro about running Israel's smallest art museum, and her big plans for Beersheba's cultural future. Cultural coup By PEGGY CIDOR Despite ongoing encounters with discrimination, Ethiopian immigrants have recently received significant recognition from Israeli society.

FRONT LINES - THE WEEK THAT WAS [ more » ]

Arab World: A democratically elected puppet? By ZVI MAZEL Hariri may have won the election, but Hizbullah decided how and when a new gov't would be formed. Security and Defense: Fighting for legitimacy - against friend and foe By YAAKOV KATZ As the IDF works to counter accusations of wrongdoing during Cast Lead, it must also tackle insubordination ahead of potential settlement evacuation. Interview: Planning for the unthinkable - a nuclear Iran By TOVAH LAZAROFF Kenneth Pollack is suggesting a different solution for Iran: 'Containment.'

MAGAZINE FEATURES [ more » ]

To Fatah and back By LAUREN GELFOND FELDINGER After years dedicated to hatred and vengeance, Aziz Abu Sarah has walked away to forge a very different revolution of his own. 'Chabad House without Chabad' By MICHAEL GREEN Part commune, part social experiment, Moishe House is home to a group of young people pioneering a new form of Jewish communal life in residential London. Preserving Cretan Jewry By STEPHEN GABRIEL ROSENBERG A vandalized synagogue in Hania is lovingly restored as a living memorial to the 265 Jews who perished on the 'Tanias' in 1944.