As Israel Becomes More Central to Diaspora Judaism, Judaism Is Becoming More Central to Israel
The Diaspora strikes back.
February 1, 2022
As Israel Becomes More Central to Diaspora Judaism, Judaism Is Becoming More Central to Israel
The Diaspora strikes back.
“Whether one looks in the political, social, or cultural and religious domains,” writes Neil Rogachevsky, “there has been a continuing and rather rapid shift” of the Jewish world’s center of gravity from the Diaspora to the Jewish state. The Israeli political scientist-turned-parliamentarian Yossi Shain, in his new book, The Israeli Century, documents this shift, and argues that it is an unambiguously good thing, the “culmination” of Jewish history. Without disputing his premise, Rogachevsky notes a parallel trend that Shain seems to underappreciate:
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