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
Abetted by the police.
In 1496, King Manuel I of Portugal decreed that his Jewish subjects—who numbered in the tens of thousands—must either convert or leave. In 2015, the country passed a law extending citizenship to Jews who could demonstrate descent from expellees. The law, however, prompted a wave of accusations against those who took advantage of it, tinged with no small amount of anti-Semitism. David Isaac explains:
More than American Jewry has maintained Israel, Israel has maintained American Jewry.
And why Iran is running out of funds to prop up Bashar al-Assad.
A novelist, a rabbi, and an imam walk into a courtroom.
Abetted by the police.
Catholics fare little better.
In 1496, King Manuel I of Portugal decreed that his Jewish subjects—who numbered in the tens of thousands—must either convert or leave. In 2015, the country passed a law extending citizenship to Jews who could demonstrate descent from expellees. The law, however, prompted a wave of accusations against those who took advantage of it, tinged with no small amount of anti-Semitism. David Isaac explains:
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