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American Jewish leaders, where were you?

JL;DR SUMMARY Haggai Segal provoked a stir among American Jews by questioning their allegiance to Israel in an article condemning their assumed indifference to aliyah and the messianic significance of returning to Israel. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityDiasporaAmerican JewryJewish LeadershipAliyahAssimilationMessianismHaggai Segal

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Israel
"Traitors. You are traitors. You betray us and betray yourselves. This is what Haggai Segal, one of Israels leading columnists, wrote about American Jews in Makor Rishon, one of Israels leading journals, on the eve of Israels Independence Day"
United States
"In fact, he wholeheartedly dismisses the fundamental legitimacy of American Judaism."

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