"A rich work of insight on the surprising and important relationship between American Jews and Israel. A rewarding, eye-opening read" -Ambassador Alberto M. Fernandez
Everyone is focused on Israel, everyone has an opinion on it but few people really know or understand Israel and its complex people and politics. This book easy to read and follow history/politics books provides a fascinating explanation fo the socio-political differences between American and Israeli Jews. It also explains how Israel serves as a metaphor for the tensions between National-globalist movements that are currently shaping Europe and the United States
In 2019, President Donald Trump said that American Jews who do not support Israel are disloyal – not to America, but to the Jewish people. His remarks sparked a media firestorm in America, but not in Israel.The relationship between the world’s two largest Jewish communities – in Israel and the United States – is a
complicated one. It is consequential to Judaism, but it sheds light also on broader cultural issues at the forefront of American life, such as nationalism, Judeo-Christian relations, antisemitism, and the special relationship between
Israel and the United States.
This book answers the following questions:
Is Judaism a religion or a nation?
Why are American Jews ambivalent about Israel? Why are Israelis ambivalent about American Jews?
Why do Christian evangelicals support Israel without hesitation or reservation?
Why are most American Jews Democrats and Israelis Republicans?
Why is antisemitism flourishing on the left?
Why is American Jewry demographically stagnant, while Israeli Jewry grows by leaps and bounds?
What is the future of American Jewry and its relationship with Israel?
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