Even as mainstream American Jews have become more skeptical of Israel, another group is quietly shedding its long-held reluctance to embrace the Jewish state.
Two Jewish men in Jerusalem on May 13, 2018. MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images.
Over the last fifteen years, mainstream American Jews have moved famously leftward on Israel. Some have dropped out of Zionism altogether; others have attempted to redefine what it means to be Zionist so as to include a healthy—at times too healthy—dose of criticism for the Jewish state.
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