From WSJbooks: “We Stand Divided” by DanielGordis explores what lies behind the abiding conflict between American and Israeli Jews—and what, if anything, can be done about it. ElliotSKaufman reviews:
What had Israel done this time? From 5,700 miles away, the American Jewish Committee said that a new Israeli law “put at risk the commitment of Israel’s founders to build a country that is both Jewish and democratic.” The Union for Reform Judaism was similarly aghast. Nearly every liberal Jewish group in America issued a protest.
“Israelis were befuddled by the brouhaha,” writes Daniel Gordis in “We Stand Divided.” It was July 19, 2018, and the Israeli Knesset had enacted legislation declaring Israel the “national home of...
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