Ep. 142: An Author, Two Peace Activists, and Israel's 60th

It's always great to have an author in our studio - and I admire anyone who can tackle a subject like Michael Benanav did. His book, published last month to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel, is called Joshua & Isadora: A Tale of Loss and Love in the Holocaust. It's excellently written.



David Alire Garcia also speaks with two peace activists who started the Muslim-Jewish PeaceWalk. You can read more the co-founders of that movement, and Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb and Abdul Rauf Campos-Marquetti.



Then The Line panelists took on topics as varied as the importance of the Latino vote in the presidential election, to California's recent ruling on gay marriage.



There were also a lot of comments in reaction to our show last week, about a proposed building in the Silver Hills Neighborhood, called the "Gold Street Project."
Although we tried our best to present both sides - which also included a strong opponent at our round-table discussion, a member of the EPC who voted against the project - some of you thought we didn't do a very good balancing act. Our co-host, Gene Grant, who went to the city council meeting where the EPC's negative vote was upheld, adds his thoughts in his blog entry called "Gold Project Follow-up."

Thanks for watching!
Kathy Wimmer