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The Scenario:

The National Religious Right Wins in Israel and America Experiences a Dual Electoral Outcome, Where MAGA Republicans and Progressive Democrats Win

Its Impact:

These dual scenarios would fundamentally disrupt and transform American Jewish life, ending the political and communal order that has sustained this community for several generations, namely strong identification with American liberal democracy, a broadly bipartisan relationship with Israel, and confidence that Jews have allies in both major parties.

iberal Jews do not need to choose between political homelessness and unconditional defense of Israel. But the old arrangement—reliably Democratic at home, broadly supportive of Israel abroad, and accepted across the center-left—is plainly breaking down.

This essay is the second in a series of articles unpacking my core ideas. The first framed my thoughts on community, power and technology. This paper addresses my thinking about Jewish political practice and behavior.

Few figures did more to reintroduce a sense of religious depth into Reform Judaism than Rabbi Richard Levy, ז״ל . During his tenure as president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR), the Statement of Principles for Reform Judaism was released.

This essay is the first in a series analyzing my writings and summarizing my ideas. The organizing challenge for me, how to efficiently summarize my ideas in a coherent framework?

To better understand the American political left and the rise of the progressives, four interlocking themes are in play:

The rise of the progressive left has been underway for decades. Its ideological roots and organizing principles are linked to an array of academic resources, progressive think tanks, and key ideological and political elites.

As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, the relationship between America and its Jewish community can best be understood as reciprocal. Jews reinvented themselves through the American experience, and they, in turn, helped reshape this nation.

As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, the relationship between America and its Jewish community can best be understood as reciprocal. Jews reinvented themselves through the American experience, and in turn helped reshape this nation. Elsewhere, I have described this relationship as the “Jewish Contract with America” and have written about the founders’ attraction to the idea of America as a “New Zion.”

How can one measure Jewish success in America? We hold to the assumption that Jewish Americans have been influential and successful, but what are the ways we can evaluate and account for that assessment?

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, ethnic communities use such occasions to take stock of how they have contributed to the broader society and in turn, how their host country has embraced and supported them.