|
|
« Previous Goldberg | Next Goldberg » |
|
Between Kristol and Blumenthal
By
A Goldblog reader writes:
I'm writing to say that there has to be some place for people who fall somewhere in between Bill Kristol and Max Blumenthal. I'm a middle-aged Jewish woman who grew up in a very pro-Israel environment. We celebrated the victory of the Six Day War as much as we did Pesach and Chanukah. I remember crying at the grave site of Golda Meir on a synagogue trip to Israel the winter after she died.
Here is my problem now: My current position about Israel (settlements, etc.) is a lot closer to the leadership of J Street than it is to the leadership of AIPAC. My favorite Israeli authors are Amos Oz, A.B. Yehoshua and David Grossman. But I also read Daniel Gordis's dispatches
I have contributed to J Street and have "befriended" J Street on Facebook (much to the ire of some of my cousins who are Likudniks). But I'm a stay-at-home mom with two school age kids so traveling to the J Street conference was never in the cards for me. The fact that the conference participants appear to be to the left of J Street doesn't surprise me for that reason.
My fear is that if the media and the Weekly Standard crowd succeed in marginalizing J Street, pro-Israel/pro-peace Jews like me will be further alienated. That's to say nothing of the majority of my 50-something Jewish friends who don't even know what Yom Ha'atzmaut is and certainly aren't teaching their kids about it.
Presented by





























Join the Discussion
After you comment, click Post. If you’re not already logged in you will be asked to log in or register. blog comments powered by Disqus