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December 6, 2023

How U.S. Jews Set Aside Their Differences to Send a Message of Support for Israel

And the precedent from the Soviet-Jewry movement.

The Jews are a famously fractious people, not to mention, according to the Bible’s testimony, a “stiff-necked” one. And American Jewry in particular is deeply divided along political, religious, and other lines, and has always rejected the sorts of central institutions that exist in France, Britain, and elsewhere. Yet somehow, 300,000 Jews from as broad a spectrum as one can imagine came together in the rally at the National Mall last month, with virtually no rancor. In conversation with Dovid Bashevkin, Eric Fingerhut, one of the organizers, describes how the event took shape, and the decisions and logistical efforts that went into it.

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