Many American Jewish leaders have it backward. Chemi Shalev: On this matter, American Jews cannot hide behind their staple “we don’t intervene because we don’t live there” routine. When it comes to the preservation of freedom and the entrenchment of equality and tolerance, the traditional roles between Israel and the greatest Diaspora community are actually reversed: it is the American Jewish community which must be a light unto Zion.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 21:34:16 +0000