Survey: Young American Jews Less Attached to Israel Than Their Elders

In June, The New York Review of Books published an article by author Peter Beinart contending that young American Jews think little about Israel, if at all. The article cited a survey conducted by a conservative pollster. It concluded that many young American Jews want an open and frank discussion of Israel and its shortcomings, including its treatment of Palestinians under occupation. Just prior to the announcement of new peace negotiations between israel and the Palestinians, VOA's Laurel Bowman sat down with Beinart, as well as a young Jewish American woman and her rabbi.

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  • @yodhin79
    @yodhin794 жыл бұрын

    This happens with all generations, usually. Most Hindu-Americans past the 2nd generation are not as attached to India.

  • @isthiakahsan

    @isthiakahsan

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Francis Good for them.

  • @isthiakahsan

    @isthiakahsan

    3 жыл бұрын

    There's another Hindu majority country in the world besides India. It's called Nepal.

  • @isthiakahsan
    @isthiakahsan3 жыл бұрын

    Love and respect to my secular/non-religious Jewish brethren from another secular mind.

  • @isthiakahsan
    @isthiakahsan3 жыл бұрын

    Real jews don't support Israeli atrocities and occupation.

  • @amitkenan3878

    @amitkenan3878

    3 жыл бұрын

    Israel is the core of Judaism, idiot

  • @amitkenan3878

    @amitkenan3878

    3 жыл бұрын

    And true Muslims preach love and not the destruction of other religions

  • @ChickenVeggi

    @ChickenVeggi

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@amitkenan3878No disagreement bro

  • @kagenou3359

    @kagenou3359

    Жыл бұрын

    real jews are zionist

  • @kimchi-trades1639

    @kimchi-trades1639

    Жыл бұрын

    What is a Jew without being in exile?

  • @lilyarman
    @lilyarman6 жыл бұрын

    History tells that your history changed in past in one direction in your favour, and will change in other direction in future against your favour for sure. History teaches no one will remain in power by help of strong military forever. And this change is becoming apparent day by day. And this change will come from America. Those days are not too far! This is the beauty of History.

  • @lindanismanqaliciousmncwaa4885
    @lindanismanqaliciousmncwaa48852 жыл бұрын

    Why these American jews are look the same as European people?

  • @yosef3977

    @yosef3977

    Жыл бұрын

    Why would non-Jewish people self-dominate themselves as Jews at a time when Israelis or Jews, whatever you want to call them, were persecuted and killed by European Christians just for being Jews? Do you think that any person who was not an Israeli would dominate himself as an Israelite in Europe at a time like this? Have you studied about the European peoples of antiquity? The persecution against the people of Israel in Europe did not just happen after the time of Nazi Germany, it was already happening hundreds or even thousands of years before the Holocaust!!! Shalom for You Man!!!

  • @kagenou3359

    @kagenou3359

    Жыл бұрын

    search about the diaspora

  • @jennpika6301

    @jennpika6301

    Жыл бұрын

    Because white people from america are from europe ????

  • @JordanViewer
    @JordanViewer13 жыл бұрын

    Good girl, she has a conscience.

  • @1czechit1

    @1czechit1

    4 жыл бұрын

    by supporting terrorists? More like moral cowardice and willful ignorance. Israel gave land to the Arabs and allowed the so called "Palestinians" to have autonomy. They answered in taking the land, paying li-service to peace, and opening terror attacks on innocent civilians.

  • @islamzohir8113

    @islamzohir8113

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@1czechit1 are you serious? That land belonged originally to the Palestinians, you basically took their land expanded to hold the majority of it then gave them a handful of land of THEIR LAND, the Zionist army and police are all over the place, it looks like anything but autonomy but rather a discreet colonization!

  • @1czechit1

    @1czechit1

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@islamzohir8113 1. International law-San Remo conference. The land belongs to the Jews (Part of the UN Charter, see article 80) 2. Historical: the land is named after the people Israel. The Roman renaming it does not change anything. 3. The Syrian leader Auni Bey Abdyl-Hadi told the Peel Commission, "there is no such country as Palestine. "Palestine" is a term of the Zionists invented. There is no Palestine in the bible. Out country was for centuries part of Syria. "Palestine" was alien to us. It is Zionist who introduced it."

  • @amitkenan3878

    @amitkenan3878

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@islamzohir8113 Muhammad was a pedophile

  • @yurichtube1162

    @yurichtube1162

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@islamzohir8113 the palestenians are immigrants too

  • @silviashefa4097
    @silviashefa4097 Жыл бұрын

    Bad Jews - A History of American Jewish Infighting Emily Tamkin, a Jewish writer from the UK who writes about American Jewry, has recently published a book titled Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities. The book’s publisher, Hurst, describes it as “A lively, thoughtful history of America’s Jews, exploring their complex relationships with national culture, identity, and politics-and each other.” The book caused a bit of a stir among Jewish publications. JTA, for example, wrote that Tamkin “takes a different tack, tracing the history of American Jewry through the ways Jews on one side of social upheaval seek to discredit the very Jewishness of those on the other side.” The book itself focuses on what is happening in America, since “American Jewish history,” writes Tamkin, “is full of discussions and debates and hand-wringing over who is Jewish, and how to be Jewish, and what it means to be Jewish.” When a student of mine told me about the book, he asked for my opinion on these questions, stating that they “haunt” virtually every Jewish person. He also noted that when Tamkin asked people, “What comes to mind when you hear ‘Bad Jew’?” the most common answer she got was “When I think of a ‘Bad Jew,’ I think of myself.” Since, as Tamkin writes, “The issue of what it means, or doesn’t, to be a Good Jew or a Bad Jew is particularly fraught at this moment in US history,” the student asked for my take on the topic. So, first, we need to realize where the word Yehudi (Jewish) comes from. There is the known answer, that Yehudi comes from Yohuda (Judah), the name of the tribe that lived in the land of Israel during the Second Temple. However, there is another meaning to the word: Yehudi also comes from the word Yechudi, meaning united. This makes perfect sense if you remember that we were pronounced a nation only after we committed to love each other “as one man with one heart” at the foot of Mt. Sinai, yet, for the most part, this explanation did not receive the notoriety it deserves. If you look at being Jewish through the spectacle of Jewish unity, as I do, then being a good Jew means first and foremost that you want to unite with all the Jews, that this is what really matters to you, your prime value. If Jewishness is about unity, then a Jew is a person who knows, feels, understands, and even spreads the idea that the most important thing is to be connected in ties of love with all the Jews, regardless of denomination, customs, political views, or any other issue that currently divides and splinters the Jewish people. The author wrote that one of the answers she got to the question about the meaning of being a bad Jew was “someone whose conception of Judaism doesn’t have applications to the wider world.” I understand where this answer comes from. It is with good reason Jews gave the correction of the world such a pivotal place in their identity. We even gave that mission its own Hebrew term, Tikkun Olam (Hebrew for “Correction of the World”). However, we must know what it means to correct the world, to be responsible for it, or even to care about the world. Tikkun Olam are not simply words; they imply a very specific task, and until we accomplish it, we will not be “good Jews.” At the “inauguration” of our people, we were commanded to unite “as one man with one heart,” as RASHI interprets. Immediately after, we were declared a nation and were tasked with being “a light to the nations.” In other words, our unity and our obligation to the world are indivisible. We cannot be a light to the nations if we are not united. At the same time, we cannot unite unless we do it in order to be a light to the nations. When our ancestors united for the first time, under the guidance of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, they were not a biologically related group. They were an eclectic crowd that was taken by the idea that all the people should unite, and we should not succumb to our ego. This is why Abraham advocated kindness and mercy, to teach people how to rise above their self-absorption and care for one another. Abraham was a maverick, a pioneer, a trailblazer, but thanks to him, these noble ideas are now universal. As a nation that formed out of disparate tribes and clans, it was our duty to be the living proof of Abraham’s paradigm. This is why we became a nation only after we united, and not a moment prior. Since our inception, we have known that unity is our “secret weapon.” However, we never understood why, what was the secret of the strength in our unity. The secret is not that unity itself makes us undefeatable, but that our unity dissolves the world’s hatred toward us and turns it into respect and awe. It gives the world the example of unity that it needs so that all of humanity can unite, as well. Not only we received a message when we were at the foot of Mt. Sinai. At that moment, the nations of the world received the knowledge that we received the calling. Since then, they have been waiting for us to live up to it. This is why they support us when we are united, and scold us when we are divided. Being a good Jew or a bad Jew, therefore, is not a judgment we pass on each other or on ourselves. It is determined by our commitment to the world, which we fulfill through our efforts to unite among ourselves and serve as an example that if we-the most divided nation, whose members often abhor one another-can unite, then the whole world can, as well.

  • @davestonehill6177
    @davestonehill61772 жыл бұрын

    Who cares. If young American Jews want to be disillusioned with Israel, so be it. It makes no difference at all. For those young American Jews that really want to make a difference, they should move to Israel and become citizens. They can then support the political party that most reflects their own outlook. But bellyaching about Israel while staying nice and safe in America accomplishes nothing. Just a lot of hot wind.

  • @juice8431

    @juice8431

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sorry bud, but America is our home. We've got nothing to do with Israel.

  • @davestonehill6177

    @davestonehill6177

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@juice8431 That is fine with me.

  • @yurichtube1162

    @yurichtube1162

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@juice8431 your religion tells you you belong in Israel tho.

  • @juice8431

    @juice8431

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@yurichtube1162 I consider Israel as important part of Judaism and I wholeheartedly support the state but you can’t expect me to move out of my home . I was born in America and lived all my life here. I can understand Jews in Europe who consider themselves more Israeli than European, but for me, I am more American than anything else.

  • @kuntole8354

    @kuntole8354

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@juice8431 yeah, Israel jew nowadays kinda annoying

  • @OhNellly
    @OhNellly13 жыл бұрын

    5,000,000 Jews in the U.S. is an understatement by far.

  • @glenmalesa8902
    @glenmalesa89024 жыл бұрын

    And the Rabbi hypothesis about Araby army leaving their posts for a day is neither here nor there because they're not occupying Jewish land

  • @yurichtube1162

    @yurichtube1162

    2 жыл бұрын

    They would love too

  • @yosef3977
    @yosef3977 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, this was the bad path that the Israelites in America were following, until Bibi arrived, and the truth spread, today the vast majority of young Jews know who the villain is in this story, I believe many of the young people in this video (today not so young anymore, and some of these young people are no longer young or old but are already middle-aged adults, in their 40s...) Today they understand Israel's right to exist and support it. Congratulations to Bibi for it, he has his flaws, but he has more quality than defect, I say with complete confidence about it. Today Jewish youth from the USA, Canada, UK, France and all youth, from kids to young adults in their 20's and above, all age groups of young Israelites support the State of Israel.

  • @user-gv9ht3fs9f
    @user-gv9ht3fs9f2 жыл бұрын

    Come to Israel but anyway I support also a Palestinian Independence. Not every Israeli is against the 2 State Solution. I think maybe soon Politicans in the USA will turn against you and us.

  • @yurichtube1162

    @yurichtube1162

    2 жыл бұрын

    2 state solution is not a good solution, especially with Iran. Palestine will immediately become an Iranian ally, and that will turn it into a second Lebanon.

  • @ChickenVeggi

    @ChickenVeggi

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@yurichtube1162 If Israel keeps oppressing Palestinians, Iran will become their ally. Hamas already gains a lot of support from Iran. 2 state solution was supposed to hinge on protecting security of both countries. But of course you're an idiot and try to justify Palestinian oppression with flimsy belief on what Palestinian might do?

  • @iaragarciaboulaert928
    @iaragarciaboulaert928 Жыл бұрын

    Deus me abençoa financeiramente para que eu possa comprar à minha casa. Amém.