Crossing the divide.(The Other Side of Israel: My Journey across the Jewish/Arab Divide)(Book review) From: The Women's Review of Books | Date: November 1, 2006| Author: Gluck, Sherna Berger | COPYRIGHT 2006 Old City Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Other Side of Israel: My Journey Across the Jewish/Arab Divide By Susan Nathan New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2005, 336 pp., $25.00, hardcover.

What does it mean to be an "outsider" who espouses the cause of an oppressed group; to serve as a ventriloquist, projecting their voices because you are more likely than they to be heard? I ruminated about this when I was writing my memoir An American Feminist in Palestine. In particular, I was concerned about how to hand...