The Gaza Dialogues

With Sharon absent from Bayfront Park's Torch of Friendship, it was Kulchur -- outed as a member of the tribe after being spotted by a fellow Talmud class member -- who seemed to raise the ire of many, particularly when he initiated a skeptical line of questioning. While black and Latino TV newscasters covering the event were eagerly sought out, an angry huddle began to form around Kulchur. "Why don't you put away your little pad and pen and start doing something for your own people!" snapped one woman to an assent of nods. "Stop being a reporter and start being a Jew!" she cried before being pulled away by friends.

Roxanne Perri, a protester from Aventura, took Kulchur aside and adopted a softer approach. "Some people take a biblical tone, some people take a political tone," she said. "I'm going to take a human tone. Kicking Jews out of their homes, taking food off the grocery shelves to starve them out, is not the right thing to do. It's not morally correct." Perri locked eyes with Kulchur: "That's all we're here to say. Jews evicting Jews is just not a mensch thing to do."