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July 24, 2025

The Theological Meaning of Diaspora Jews’ Concern for Israel

Why we worry.

Since Hamas’s invasion of Israel, hardly a day has gone by that I haven’t worried about Israel. And that’s true of many American Jews, as the survey data sugest. But does all this worrying have value? This question was taken up from a theological perspective by one of America’s greatest rabbinic minds, Joseph B. Soloveitchik, in 1958. (Video, 8 minutes. Yiddish with English subtitles. Click “CC” if the subtitles are not automatically visible.)

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