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October 22, 2024

A Rabbi Wonders if Jews Sacrificed Their Sense of Peoplehood on the Altar of Universalism

“Direct your hearts and your eyes towards your people!”

Moving away from the battlefields of the Middle East to the battle for hearts and minds in the West, it’s necessary to consider a microcosm of that battle being fought within the Jewish community. The firm majority of American Jews appear to worry about rising anti-Semitism and to support Israel, but a vocal anti-Zionist minority gets much attention and has gained traction within some Jewish institutions. Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, in his Yom Kippur sermon, wondered if Reform Judaism made mistakes that contributed to this situation:

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October 22, 2024

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