Dear Fellow Members of SPME,

The December 11, 2006, issue of THE NEW REPUBLIC, the American weekly, has a damning review by the distinguished American writer Cynthia Ozick of the book (as well as play) MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE ( https://ssl.tnr.com/p/docsub.mhtml?i=20061211&s=ozick121106 ). The play, of course, won raves when it initially appeared in London.

As an American who has now lived, and taught, in the UK for thirteen years, I am always pleased to read news magazines like the NEW REPUBLIC, which, in delightfully American fashion, has the confidence to defend Israel without worrying about what others will think.

Robert Segal

Chair in Religious Studies

University of Aberdeen