American Jewish Leaders Should Exercise Prudence When Engaging Israel’s Domestic Debates
More than American Jewry has maintained Israel, Israel has maintained American Jewry.
February 13, 2023
American Jewish Leaders Should Exercise Prudence When Engaging Israel’s Domestic Debates
More than American Jewry has maintained Israel, Israel has maintained American Jewry.
“For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace,” reads an oft-quoted verse from the book of Isaiah. But Moshe Hauer, responding to the hyperbolic pronouncements from prominent American Jews over recent political developments in Israel, urges his fellow rabbis and communal leaders to ignore the prophet’s advice, and occasionally to hold their peace:
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