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Article: Omission of Israel in guide to Holy Land was 'editorial error'
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- Jerusalem Post
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- December 19, 1995
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MARILYN HENRY, NEW YORK
Jerusalem Post
12-19-1995
THE latest travel guide to the Holy Land has a gaping hole.
"Everything you want to know about the Holy Land is in this guide," the publishing company Alfred A. Knopf says of its Knopf Guide to The Holy Land.
Not so, says B'nai B'rith. The guide's jacket and maps neglect to mention Israel, although neighboring states are clearly indicated.
The book "wipes Israel off the map," Tommy P. Baer, international president of B'nai B'rith, wrote to Knopf. "The omission implies - wrongfully - that the state of Israel should not and does not exist."
"For a major publisher to ignore Israel is a ...