29 JANUARY 2005, Page 19

Holocaust

From Jason Pearlman

Sir: Anthony Lipmann includes Fallujah and Jenin in his list of atrocities (‘How I became a Jew’, 22 January). Can he be serious? Does he really equate the American or Israeli armed battles against equally armed militia with the mass murder of men, women and children in Darfur, Rwanda and even the Holocaust? Although Mr Lipmann has found his Jewish roots, he has clearly still much to learn about the history and current affairs of his people.

Jason Pearlman London NW4