"} 63:{"position":8,"content":"Sir, – I am surprised that an article on Kirk Douglas that focuses on his Jewishness (“‘Happy to be a Jew,’” Arts & Entertainment, July 26) would make no mention of his starring role in the 1966 film “Cast a Giant Shadow,” or of his lesserknown film, 1953’s “The Juggler.”"} 64:{"position":9,"content":"Both of these wonderful films focus on the birth of the State of Israel (one from the viewpoint of an American soldier fighting in the War of Independence, the other from the viewpoint of a concentration camp survivor arriving in the new nation)."} 65:{"position":10,"content":"The significance of these movies should not be omitted from any article about Douglas."} 66:{"position":11,"content":"MICHELLE AARON Hashmonaim
Millennia of hatred "} 67:{"position":12,"content":"Sir, – People like Shmuley Boteach (“Surround by Christians who love Israel,” No Holds Barred, July 25) should be very careful not to allow their naivete to becloud their good judgment."} 68:{"position":13,"content":"Sure, Evangelicals say that their love is pure and not motivated by any ulterior motives of eventual Jewish acceptance of Jesus, their Christ, and I could believe them. But can they expect a Jew like me to trust any Christian by weighing only a few decades of purported love against millennia of hatred, persecution and murder? Furthermore, does Boteach really think the Jesus who actually was can be accepted by Jews today in view of the Jesus the Gentiles have made him into? Why, indeed, should Jews alter their view of Jesus at all? He may have been a Torah observant Jew in his day, but so what?"} 69:{"position":14,"content":"HAIM M. LERNERGanei Tikva"} 6a:{"position":15,"content":"UNRWA is important "} 6b:{"position":16,"content":"Sir, – I write to thank Caroline B. Glick for

July 28: Right thing to do

Now is the time to prove that the US-Israel alliance is vibrant and meaningful, an alliance of equals.