Barbara Sofer: 60 + 1 Reasons Why I Love Israel

I was at a loss about how best to answer the doom and gloom being peddled by the Los Angeles Times on the 60th anniversary of Israel's indepencence, until one of my favorite writers, Barbara Sofer, came to my rescue with this column in the Jerusalem Post.

Barbara, not incidentally, is the wife of Israeli-American nuclear physicist and author Professor Gerald Schroeder, author of Genesis and the Big Bang, The Science of God and The Hidden Face of God. While Barbara's writing can readily make me laugh or cry, Professor Schroeder's writing always makes me think.