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September 10, 2019

If American Jews Are Growing Apart from Israel, It’s Not Because of Israel’s Actions

Particularism vs. universalism.

In his book We Stand Divided: The Rift between American Jews and Israel—published today—Daniel Gordis roundly rejects the oft-heard assertion that the rift of the subtitle is the result of the “occupation,” or the supposed rightward drift of Israeli politics, or anything having to do with the government’s policies at all. Instead, Gordis suggests that the divide stems not from what Israel does, but from what Israel is. He first made this case in a 2017 essay in Mosaic, out of which the book grew:

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September 10, 2019

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    The war that has no name.

  2. Europe Shouldn’t Submit to Iranian Nuclear Blackmail

    Especially amidst evidence of prior cheating.

  3. If American Jews Are Growing Apart from Israel, It’s Not Because of Israel’s Actions

    Particularism vs. universalism.

  4. New York State’s Dangerous War on Private Education

    Albany should instead be encouraging alternatives to public schooling—religious schools included.

  5. Evidence of a Royal Steward to a Davidic King Found in Jerusalem

    The seal of Adonijah.