The American Jewish Establishment Has Failed to Grapple with the Threat of Anti-Semitism
Who will speak for the Jews?
February 17, 2020
Who will speak for the Jews?
When the White House released its plan for the creation of a Palestinian state that also gives due consideration to Israeli security, writes Seth Mandel, a number of major Jewish organizations rushed to condemn it. The self-styled “pro-Israel, pro-peace” group J Street lambasted the plan for being too pro-Israel, as did the Israel Policy Forum—founded in the 1990s at the behest of Yitzḥak Rabin. Even the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) responded equivocally. To Mandel, this attitude is only a symptom of a deeper problem:
Who will speak for the Jews?
The World Council of Church’s new supersessionism.
At the very least, Holocaust education shouldn’t treat Israel as an unfortunate but ignorable extra to Jewish identity.
Replacing Latin crosses with Stars of David.
The Jews of Ferrara.
When the White House released its plan for the creation of a Palestinian state that also gives due consideration to Israeli security, writes Seth Mandel, a number of major Jewish organizations rushed to condemn it. The self-styled “pro-Israel, pro-peace” group J Street lambasted the plan for being too pro-Israel, as did the Israel Policy Forum—founded in the 1990s at the behest of Yitzḥak Rabin. Even the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) responded equivocally. To Mandel, this attitude is only a symptom of a deeper problem:
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