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San Diego Jewish World
San Diego Jewish World
By Ira Sharkansky Ira Sharansky JERUSALEM — We can’t solve the issue, or the problem, of Palestine. So, we cope. Years ago, I asked my daughter, who was studying to be a clinical psychologist, about her dissertation. It dealt with coping. What’s that? She explained, and I came to see coping as the essence of dealing politically with insoluble problems. Coping does not seek to solve problems once and for all times. Synonyms include contend, deal with, endure, fight successfully or on equal terms, handle, hold one’s own, manage, accommodate, struggle, be ambiguous, subsist, survive, negotiate, b…