A time to say thank you

(JNS) - Walking down 3rd Avenue and 85th Street during a recent visit to New York, I was approached by a young, professionally-dressed woman who recognized me from news interviews.

"Thank you for everything you do for Israel," she said, and held out her hand. I shook it, blushing.

"No," I replied, "Thank you for standing by us during this difficult period."

"Difficult period" is, of course, an understatement. For the past two years, the Jewish state and the nation it represents have been subject to a daily demonization unknown to us since Nazi Germany. We have been accused of war crimes, the m...