The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment

In recent years, several studies have revealed, in the words of Steven Cohen of Hebrew Union College and Ari Kelman of the University of California at Davis, that “non-Orthodox younger Jews, on the whole, feel much less attached to Israel than their elders,” with many professing “a near-total absence of positive feelings.” In 2008, the student senate at Brandeis, the only nonsectarian Jewish-sponsored university in America, rejected a resolution ... Full Story »

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James Canning
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by James Canning - May. 17, 2010

Fine piece, noting the irony that the greatest threat to Israel's long-term stability apparently is to be found in the relative growth of Orthdox Jewry in relation to non-orthodox.

For its own sake, Israel needs to end the occupation of the West Bank and the Golan Heights. Delusions to the contrary are dangerous to the peace of the entire Middle East.

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