issue the organized Jewish world has struggled most with in recent years is how to keep communal peace at a time when the debate over Israel has become increasingly polarized. The result is a dialogue of the deaf that diminishes the community. That’s why I’m a firm believer in listening to and reading opposing views. I know that the differences between my positions and those of my liberal friends are often arguments within the family about how to strengthen the Israel we all love. As a general rule, I don’t back efforts to exclude those with views that differ from mine. Even in the case of the left-wing J Street lobby, whose platform I find to be, at best, irrelevant, and at worst, potentially dangerous, […]
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