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A review on June 15 about ''Minders of Make-Believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the Shaping of American Children's Literature,'' by Leonard S. Marcus, referred incorrectly to Laura Ingalls Wilder's autobiographical novels. Though none ever won a Newbery Medal, several were named Newbery Honor books; they were not ''repeatedly shut out'' of Newbery competitions.
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Israel's Identity Crisis
BYLINE: By ADAM LeBOR.

Adam LeBor is the author of ''City of Oranges: An Intimate History of Arabs and Jews in Jaffa.''

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THE HEBREW REPUBLIC

How Secular Democracy and Global Enterprise Will Bring Israel Peace at Last.

By Bernard Avishai.

290 pp. Harcourt. $26.

What would Theodor Herzl, the father of modern political Zionism, make of today's Israel? He would find not one Jewish state but a multiplicity, Bernard Avishai suggests. First, Israel the international actor, a member of the United Nations, signatory to peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan. Then the Zionist state-within-a-state. It predates Israel's independence in 1948, but lives on in the Jewish Agency, which deals with Jewish immigration, and in the Jewish National Fund, which owns substantial amounts of land in the name of the Jewish people.

Avishai also mentions the Haredi communities, an Orthodox quasi state with its publicly financed education system and network of yeshivot adult religious seminaries. Finally, there is the settler state of hardliners who appropriate Palestinian land across the 1967 border and build, with government funds and support, their separate networks of roads, water and electricity supplies.

Can Israel be both a Jewish state and a democracy? At first glance the answer is yes. Governments are chosen by universal franchise, including perhaps one and a quarter million Israeli Arabs, who have their own non- or anti-Zionist political parties. Israel has an independent judiciary, an aggressive free press and a robust civil society. But non-Jews do not enjoy equal civil rights, mainly because of the Zionist, Haredi and settler states-within-a-state. As Avishai writes, ''the institutions designed to advance the heroic Zionist state have become unworkable for the democratic one.''

It is almost impossible for non-Jews to buy land owned by the state or the Jewish National Fund. There is no secular marriage in Israel. Orthodox rabbis control the process of conversion, deciding who is a Jew and thus, often, who is a citizen. Mixed couples cannot be buried together in a state-funded Jewish cemetery. Even more absurd, Israel is probably the only country in the world that does not recognize its own nationality. Israelis cannot be inscribed as Israelis in the state population register, but must be recorded according to their religious or ethnic origin. Every request by Israelis -- Jewish and Arab -- to be listed simply as Israeli has so far been rejected. The government argues that this would undermine the principle of Israel as a Jewish state.

Meanwhile, ''unrecognized'' Arab villages languish for decades without municipal services, while governments of both left and right have spent $15 billion on settlements beyond the 1967 border. Here are the makings of a social explosion waiting to happen, Avishai says. Exclusion breeds an equal reaction. Arab citizens of Israel are using its freedoms, not to become more Israeli, but to articulate a growing Arab national consciousness. Recently, the Adalah advocacy center proposed a new draft constitution for Israel. It would abolish the law of return, which awards immediate citizenship to Jewish immigrants; it would require coequal and separate education systems and new, inclusive, national symbols.

The answer, Avishai says, in this brilliantly argued book, is not to tinker with symbols but to develop a national consciousness and identity based not on religion, but simply on being Israeli -- to remove all privileges accorded to Jews and make Israel a modern, egalitarian democracy. If all Israeli citizens were simply Israelis, rather than Jews, Muslims or Christians, there would be no ''demographic threat'' to the state's continuation. At the same time, this new Israel would demand a civic loyalty from its Arab population, who, if they did not serve in the army, would at least perform some kind of national service. This new identity would be predicated not on religion, but on a shared Hebrew language; culture, economic and business ties; and simply living on the same strip of land.

To some extent this is already happening. Sayed Kashua is a talented Israeli-Arab journalist and novelist who writes in Hebrew. On the one hand, Kashua says, Hebrew is ''the language of the enemy, the conqueror.'' But at the same time, ''there are things I can write about in Hebrew that I cannot write about in Arabic. ... I need Hebrew to write about freedom.''

In his enthusiasm for an Israeliness that is not predicated on being Jewish, Avishai perhaps underestimates the importance of ethnic identities, especially in an active war zone. When a Qassam rocket kills civilians in Sderot, Gazans applaud and hand out sweets celebrating the deaths of Jews. Even in the European Union, with its open borders and free trade, simmering disputes still sour relations between, for example, Germany and Poland, or Hungary and Slovakia. But Avishai, a former professor of business and public policy at Duke University, firmly believes in the potential role of business as a catalyst for peace.

In the endless discussions about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, trade is rarely mentioned. Avishai argues that a new elite of globalized businessmen and -women is helping to remake the Israeli economy. He notes, correctly, that ''Israeli elites cannot hope to have an economy like Singapore's and a nationalities war like Serbia's.'' After a peace settlement, he hopes, Israel's knowledge economy and high-tech start-ups would flourish across the Middle East, with Palestinian entrepreneurs as go-betweens. It's an engaging, optimistic vision. Perhaps too optimistic -- but a century ago Herzl was also dismissed as a fantasist. In this wise, humane and important book, Avishai is taking on the role of a Herzl for the modern age.
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INTERNATIONAL

YOUNG BRIDES OF YEMEN

Defy the Fate of Girls

Nujood Ali, 10, above, and Arwa Abdu Muhammad Ali, 9, have spurred a movement to defy child marriage in Yemen. ''This is the first shout,'' said a human rights lawyer. But despite a rising tide of outrage, the fight against the practice is not an easy one. Hard-line Islamic conservatives defend it, pointing to the Prophet Muhammad's marriage to a 9-year-old. PAGE 8

Iraq's Robust Team

After five years of war, Iraq's chances of fielding a competitive Olympic team are vanishingly small. Only one athlete, a weight lifter, qualified for the Beijing Olympics. But the country, which has been in three wars in two decades, has a robust team for the Paralympics, in which disabled athletes compete. PAGE 12

INDIA'S MONTH OF UNREST

Indian citizens have long embraced their constitutional right to assemble peaceably, and they have done so with gusto this month in myriad large protests over a wide range of issues in many parts of the country. Some speculate that India's weak central government could be contributing to the widespread unrest. Others attribute the upheaval to rapid changes in Indian society. PAGE 11

NATIONAL

A NEW MIDDLE NAME

Makes a Statement

They are Jewish and Catholic, Hispanic and Asian, an Alvarez here, a Crowley there, with a Frumkin, a Strabone, an O'Maley and who knows what else, all with at least one thing in common: They have semiofficially adopted the middle name Hussein in support of their preferred presidential candidate. PAGE 14

BOGUS UNIVERSITIES

In all, they awarded more than 10,000 diplomas for customers in 131 countries, in the process operating more than 120 ''universities.'' But the authorities say money, not higher education, was the goal of Dixie and Steven K. Randock Sr. of Colbert, Wash. The charges the couple and six former employees pleaded guilty to included mail and wire fraud. PAGE 14

AIR STRAIGHT TALK

As the presidential campaign moves from primary to national mode, Senator John McCain hopes to restore a bit of the old campaign style by recreating his signature Straight Talk Express (a term some Democrats find Orwellian) back-of-the-bus forums on his new campaign airplane, a Boeing 737-400. PAGE 20

THE PRICE OF PROTEST

Vermont Law School is closely watching a renewed fight over the military's ''don't ask, don't tell'' policy. It is one of two law schools in the nation that bar military recruiters in protest of the policy, a stand that costs it up to an estimated $500,000 in federal research money. PAGE 15

METRO

FOR ALBANY, 12 MONTHS

Of Can-You-Believe-It?

A governor had a spectacular fall. Back-to-back suicides stained the state's top law enforcement agency, coupled with reports of a rogue unit of state troopers. The top Republican resigned. Investigations abounded. Yes, you might say Albany had a rocky year. PAGE 23

LAND OF FALLING WATERS

Let it not be thought that the four man-made torrents of water currently adorning New York harbor, created by the Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, are the city's only waterfalls. A tour of the city provides various examples of others -- provided that the definition of ''waterfall'' is expanded a bit. PAGE 23

THE COST OF ROYALTIES

Soaring prices for energy, rising demand and advances in drilling techniques are turning the dreamy, green landscape at the outer edges of the Catskills into a potential windfall for landowners. But they are also hearing cautionary tales from Wyoming and Colorado. Our Towns, Peter Applebome. PAGE 23

SPORTS

THINKING ABOUT PITCHING,

And Remembering 1968

Nobody is suggesting that they lower the mound even more. But the craft of pitching does seem to be undergoing a revival of late. It isn't even midseason, and seven starters had at least 10 victories before Saturday's games. PAGE 2

VAULTING TO THE TOP

It's been only four years since Jenn Stuczynski's coach watched her in a basketball game and persuaded her to pick up a pole for the first time. Now, at 26, Stuczynski holds the American record, clearing 16 feet 3/4 inches at the Adidas Track Classic in May. Only one woman in the world has vaulted higher. PAGE 6

SUNDAY BUSINESS

STARTING A COMPANY,

And Hiring Hubby

Some female entrepreneurs have proved comfortable not only with running their own companies, but also with having their husbands work for them. They find ways to work together at home and create a separate balance of power in their business relationship. How? By carefully delineating their roles and playing to each other's strengths. PAGE 1

A TUSSLE IN THE SKIES

Commercial airlines say business aircraft contribute significantly to congestion in the skies and don't pay their share of the costs of running the air traffic control system. The business aviation industry, which is booming as airlines struggle, says it is being unfairly viewed as competitors. PAGE 2

Arts & Leisure

FEAR, LOATHING AND GLORY,

A Gonzo Documentary

You'd need two area codes, or maybe even two states, to hold the many sides of Hunter S. Thompson. ''Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson,'' a new documentary from Alex Gibney, borrows from two films made about Thompson and video of luminaries who have lined up to pay respect to a man whose brand of journalism, not to mention life, was not for the faint of heart. PAGE 7

NEW SONG AND DANCE

When the popular game ''Guitar Hero'' featured the Aerosmith song ''Same Old Song and Dance'' in its third installment, sales for the song more than doubled. That sparked an idea. Soon, Aerosmith was in a motion capture studio for Neversoft, the games designer, creating what is to be half game, half biographical box set: ''Guitar Hero Aerosmith.'' Page 16

OBITUARIES

DAVID CAMINER, 92

As an employee of the legendary chain of British tea shops J. Lyons & Company, he found the earliest ways to use a computer for business purposes, including standardizing flavorful, cost-effective cups of tea. LEO, which he helped develop for the company, was the world's first business computer. PAGE 25

MAGAZINE

TRYING TO DECIPHER

Europe's Baby Shortage

Birth rates across the Continent are falling at drastic and, to many, alarming rates. Why are Europeans so hesitant to have children, and what does it mean for their future and ours? PAGE 34

SWIMMING INTO THE SUNSET

Dara Torres won the first of her nine Olympic swimming medals in 1984. At the trials this week, she is expected to make her fifth Olympic team. If so, she will become the oldest female swimmer in the history of the Games. And it will not have come easily. PAGE 28

Travel

LATIN HEART OF CHICAGO

Beats to Rhythm of Life

Pilsen, Chicago's core Latin neighborhood, thrums with life. Take the art walk, starting on South Halsted Street. Or visit the National Museum of Mexican Art, the city's leading Latino cultural organization. But rest assured, if you can't make time, with a surging population and influence the Latino population will sway its way to you. Just wait a while. PAGE 5

SUNDAY STYLES

WITH THE MOMS AWAY,

The Dads Do Play

Stay-at-home fathers are depicted as a lonely lot, spurned by cliquish moms and nannies on the playground, financially emasculated by their breadwinner wives, generally cut off from the forces that sustain a man. Not so for the seven or eight fathers of the nameless P.S. 234 breakfast club, whiling away their mornings with hash browns and banter. PAGE 1

A LONG LOOK AT SMELL

High-fashion magazines typically dedicate a page or two -- if that -- of editorial space to a new perfume. The July Harper's Bazaar devotes 40 of its editorial pages to four celebrities and models who also star in the advertising campaign for Sensuous, a new fragrance from Estee Lauder. As Jubal Early of TV's ''Firefly'' might have asked: ''Does that seem right to you?'' PAGE 1

BOOK REVIEW

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE

(Unless You're 007)

One mark of a truly successful fictional character is that he not only survives his creator, but also continues in new adventures. Take Sherlock Holmes (whom not even his creator could kill). More recently, take Bond, James Bond, now back in ''Devil May Care,'' which ''is not without its pleasures,'' Alex Berenson writes in a review not overly long on praise. PAGE 8

ASSESSING BLAME

Over her adult lifetime Arianna Huffington's political positions have been fluid, a fact that could in theory give her new book, ''Right Is Wrong,'' the perspective of a former insider. But, Jack Shafer writes in his review that ''Huffington appears to be stuck in 2004,'' and that ''her new book seems oblivious of the right's decline.'' PAGE 18

AUTOMOBILES

THE URBANE MAKEOVER

Of a City Slicker

With gasoline prices soaring, crossovers -- car-based utility vehicles that usually burn less fuel than their truck-based counterparts -- are nudging out sport utility vehicles in showrooms. And in the crossover class, Nissan's redesigned Murano has much to offer buyers. But will negative reaction to S.U.V.'s hit the crossover market? PAGE 1

WEEK IN REVIEW

GAUGING THE EFFECTIVENESS

Of Gun Control Laws

Among the questions in the background of the Supreme Court's ruling last week on gun control laws was whether those laws work, or whether they may even be counterproductive. An analysis of research into the subject, as conducted by Justice Stephen G. Breyer, led him to conclude, in effect: Who knows? PAGE 1

IRAQ'S OIL MOTIVES

A report that the Iraqi oil ministry was close to awarding contracts to service its oil fields to some of the largest Western oil companies did nothing to assuage fears that the war in Iraq was a naked grab for oil that would open the country to multinational energy giants. PAGE 1

Editorial

AIR FORCE'S TANKER MESS

The Air Force needs the new refueling planes, but its repeated bungling of the procurement process shows that it is incapable of doing the task on its own. Defense Secretary Robert Gates must take over. WEEK IN REVIEW, PAGE 9

WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE

How did a company run by a 21-year-old president and a 25-year-old former masseur get a sensitive $300 million contract to supply ammunition to Afghan forces? Good question. WEEK IN REVIEW, PAGE 9

OIL AND INFLATION

The country first saw how high oil prices can wreak economic havoc with the 1970s oil shocks. Now, the next president and Congress will have to tackle the oil problem once and for all. WEEK IN REVIEW, PAGE 9

Op-Ed

FRANK RICH

As fear of terrorism and fear of gays become less effective tools in 2008, Karl Rove is busy ginning up a new fear card: fear of the Obamas. WEEK IN REVIEW, PAGE 12

MAUREEN DOWD

Far from calamity, and just short of reality, Barack and Hillary meet in Unity. WEEK IN REVIEW, PAGE 11

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

It is the state of America now that is the most gripping source of anxiety for Americans, not Al Qaeda or Iraq. We need nation-building at home. Vote for the candidate who will do that best. WEEK IN REVIEW, PAGE 10

NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

We should be just as resolute in standing up to African tyrants who are black as to those who are white. WEEK IN REVIEW, PAGE 12
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Words of Camaraderie and Congratulations
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Here are excerpts from some of the speeches written by this June's valedictorians from high schools around Connecticut. For the full text of the speeches, and more speeches by valedictorians from Connecticut and around the region, go to nytimes.com/intheregion.

Hannah E. Moulden

Brien McMahon High School, Norwalk

Most of us found our niche, our role to play in this daily reality show we called high school. Whether it was singing in the choir, sharing the rewards of hard work and teamwork on the athletic field, participating in an entrepreneurship competition, or just joining the Ping-Pong club, we all found places where we were able to shine. Some of these activities may have been more visible than others, but none were worth more than another individually. Our strength as a class can be found in what we ALL contributed.

That's not to say that these past four years haven't had their ups and downs. I guess this whole high school thing wasn't intended to be easy. I remember having to fit a volleyball game, an SCF meeting, and my never-ending pile of homework into a few short hours. We've all had more than a few days like that. But look how far we've come. What's the expression? What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. We all survived. Our times of stress and angst almost always led to cathartic moments of laughter shared with friends who will be in our hearts forever.

Olivia White Harding

Greenwich High School,

Greenwich

In addition to the college process, there's another challenge that I believe we've overcome, and we've had to face it our whole lives. It is the stereotype of Greenwich: I'm sure you're all familiar with the prejudicial view that the rest of the world has of us -- that we're conservative, privileged descendants of the Mayflower. I can't pretend to know all of you, but I've met and befriended many people from our class, and the people that I've met are diverse, multicultural, free-thinking, open-minded and extraordinary ... I have every confidence that we are an amazing group of people and that no matter where we go, either off to college or off into the world, we will live lives that will grace us with the authority and wisdom to create our own quotes. For some of us our words will be published in books and memorized by students like ourselves. For some of us, they will be shared only with our closest friends, and for most of us our thoughts won't leave our lips. But we will all learn to see the world in our own way and my wish for all of you is that you find your own voice and learn to express yourself, because behind every form of expression there is passion, and if there's one thing I've learned during all my years at school it's that you'll never really achieve success without passion.

Kimberly Jeanne Carey

Darien High School, Darien

I feel as if I've been running a marathon, so desperately seeking the end that I often didn't find the time to enjoy my surroundings. And now that I've crossed the finish line, I wish that I had opened my eyes and paid more attention to the path on which I was running to have fully experienced and appreciated everything that has been offered. Our time in high school was short but sweet and it seems as if many of us, including me, spent our last few weeks crossing off the days rather than relishing the time we had left. It never dawned on us that we would miss this place, the place where we felt trapped by a slew of restrictions -- from a closed campus to 50-page paper limits and low sugar lunches. But in these final moments, I lament the time that I took for granted. So, as I move forward I know that I will make an effort to slow down every once in a while to embrace the present. And I hope you all will attempt to do the same, same, for it would be a shame to let our lives flash before our eyes.

Ryan D'Souza

Jonathan Law High School, Milford

Obstacles may impede a person's pathway to a dream, just like the players of an opposing football team may block the pathway of the running player trying to make it to the touchdown line. But, that player's hope and determination push him to the touchdown line. Likewise, by working hard, we, the class of 2008, can turn our mistakes into touchdowns.