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Source: http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-lsmom3565635dec02,0,6683583.column?coll=ny-news-columnists
A Library's Middle East
(Newsday) Fern Kupfer - The public library in my small town in Iowa is one of the sponsors of a film festival, "Palestine Unabridged," that includes more than a dozen films, all purporting to show "the other side" of the Middle East conflict - the side that is pro-Palestinian. Understandably, the Jewish community here was upset that the library was a sponsor of what they considered anti-Israeli propaganda. As a secular Jew who passionately believes in free speech, I believe the library made a mistake that has divided our town. Would the library have sponsored a "Right to Life" film festival, with film after film depicting abortion as murder?