The special relationship
"Among American Jews today, there are a great many Zionists, especially in the Orthodox world, people deeply devoted to the State of Israel," writes Peter Beinart, in his attention-grabbing new essay in the New York Review of Books. "And there are a great many liberals, especially in the secular Jewish world, people deeply devoted to ...
"Among American Jews today, there are a great many Zionists, especially in the Orthodox world, people deeply devoted to the State of Israel," writes Peter Beinart, in his attention-grabbing new essay in the New York Review of Books. "And there are a great many liberals, especially in the secular Jewish world, people deeply devoted to human rights for all people, Palestinians included."
"Among American Jews today, there are a great many Zionists, especially in the Orthodox world, people deeply devoted to the State of Israel," writes Peter Beinart, in his attention-grabbing new essay in the New York Review of Books. "And there are a great many liberals, especially in the secular Jewish world, people deeply devoted to human rights for all people, Palestinians included."
Are secular American Jews truly abandoning Israel? Foreign Policy surveyed eight prominent figures in the Jewish community to hear their perspective. We found passionate defenders of Beinart’s arguments and vociferous critics and those who argued the question was not so simple. Alon Pinkas, Steven Cohen, Steven Rosen, Alana Newhouse, JJ Goldberg, David Frum, Jeremy Ben-Ami, and Jeffrey Solomon weigh in.
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