Dov Zakheim is a practicing [[Orthodox Jew]], born in Brooklyn, New York; his father was a close friend of former Israeli prime minister [[Menachem Begin]]. Zakheim was educated in Jewish schools, attended Zionist summer camps, and fluent in Hebrew. However he has been described by former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Arens as a traitor to the Jewish people.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/view/0377919x/di009667/00p0013g/0 Plight of an American-Jewish Wonk] by Leon T. Hadar, ''Journal of Palestine Studies'', Vol. 27, No. 4, P. 112.</ref> | Dov Zakheim is a practicing [[Orthodox Jew]], born in Brooklyn, New York; his father was a close friend of former Israeli prime minister [[Menachem Begin]]. Zakheim was educated in Jewish schools, attended Zionist summer camps, and fluent in Hebrew. However he has been described by former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Arens as a traitor to the Jewish people.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/view/0377919x/di009667/00p0013g/0 Plight of an American-Jewish Wonk] by Leon T. Hadar, ''Journal of Palestine Studies'', Vol. 27, No. 4, P. 112.</ref> |