As the late, great Rabbi Jonathan Sacks said, a nation is held together by a covenant: a shared story, identity, and responsibility. Israel understands this; much of today's West does not.
Beautiful! And, as usual, spot on. But, why, Josh, did you pull your punches in this article? You did not name the evil itself and this leaves me thirsty and wanting to read more, naming the communities we have welcomed in the West who wish only to destroy us (and with our permission!).
Yep, not one mention of Islamism. Not sure I can think of any other immigrant group that does not integrate into the Western societies to which they immigrate.
Israel a country under constant pressure, a side effect is a more coherent society because of the shared experience of miltary service - young people from all parts of the country with all kinds of background meeting each other at a receptive age.
In other countries, young people from different layers of the population don't necessarely meet each other: ships passing in the night.
Furthermore, it's the dramatic decline of the participation in clubs, churches, unions etc., well described by the policical scientist dr. Robert Putnam in his book 'Better Together'.
Excellent, and within an extremely complex single topic. Well done!!! "As the late, great Rabbi Jonathan Sacks said, a nation is held together by a covenant: a shared story, identity, and responsibility. Israel survives because Israelis still believe in this covenant... ". With regards to the Jewish sector within the Jewish State of Israel - Jews need to be more Jewish. The single most simple way to encourage and 'make' Jews united even with great diversity is "Living With the Times" as M.M.Schneerson succinctly put it and recommended. That implies and means.... even most minimal daily study of the weekly Parsha.
The west committed suicide. 1965 was the year it all began with the Immigration and Nationality Act. When you bring millions of people on your shores incompatible with western values western values become extinct. The Rose Garden has been replaced by a more diverse bed of weeds.
This is precisely how Canada has basically been destroyed, and become “the champion of antisemitism”, when in 2015, Justin Trudeau declared, "There is no core identity, no mainstream in Canada,'' and consequently that "makes us the first post-national state." His successor, the globalist Mark Carney, is continuing this trend until Canada as a country will cease to exist, making it ripe for takeover as Trump has threatened to do.
Spot on. Excellent article. My grandparents escaped pogroms to be in this country. They became Americans first, assimilated, but kept Judaism alive, keeping it within their community.
"As the late, great Rabbi Jonathan Sacks said, a nation is held together by a covenant: a shared story, identity, and responsibility." Wonderful. And a central component of ours is Western Enlightenment values. This, in my mind, is the greatest culture one can have. Of course within the West there are elements in each nation that I dislike, some have a better cuisine, a more compelling history, a better literature. That's all fine. We need to hold on to what makes us great. We have become complacent and we have forgotten what is important.
So so so so true. And very sad. Love the metaphor: "different instruments, same sheet music." How is it possible that police are afraid to enter certain neighborhoods. There's a place to start right there. Absurd! With white Christian nationalism on the agenda in the U.S. I wonder what will be the fate of Jewish school children? Mine are grown, but the thought of Christian prayers in school is anathema.
So so so so true! Police are afraid to enter certain neighborhoods? That's absurd! Love your metaphor: "different instrument; same sheet music." With the white Christian nationalist agenda on the horizon I truly wonder what will happen to the Jews of the U.S. My kids are all done with school, but if they were in a public school which prayed to Jesus, I would have them sit silent and not participate. What would be the fallout from that, I wonder. Scary. And so so so so sad.
Today's ritual of "land acknowledgement" is a way of honoring and simultaneously damning us...or as King Charles's script in Canada...we are on "unceded land." If my students were to talk "My country" even if NYC born....it's The Dominican Rep....it's some other place....not the nation of which they are citizens. Re Israel, I don't dispute your premise. I watched Arab kids coming out of school in Haifa....normal scene of healthy kids, girls in head coverings, meeting parents, buy ice cream. What do they learn in school? They study Jewish history and why Israel is a nation? I did have a very interesting conversation with a Jewish older man cab driver....centuries in Jerusalem...before that Kurdistan. Language before Hebrew? Aramaic. Unlike your assertion, I have many conversations with Uber/taxi drivers in NYC. Unlike my youth when they might have been Jews...they are all foreign born. To me , "what are you? " I am apparently foreign looking to them. If I say I'm Jewish, and they are Muslim or even Arab....friendly conversations about our shared beliefs. True, enough, in NYC, American identity seems downplayed. Maybe in Alabama or Iowa shared American experience/ identity is a given.
Not so much in NYC. Israel...I fear for its cohesion with people who do not serve in the Israel military...at least 20 percent of the population. Why should they identify with Israel when the mobs in London, Paris, Berlin and NYC tell them "not to normalize" Israel.
Beautiful! And, as usual, spot on. But, why, Josh, did you pull your punches in this article? You did not name the evil itself and this leaves me thirsty and wanting to read more, naming the communities we have welcomed in the West who wish only to destroy us (and with our permission!).
Yep, not one mention of Islamism. Not sure I can think of any other immigrant group that does not integrate into the Western societies to which they immigrate.
Exactly!!
You won't haven't one. 6 million for real this time
Multiculturalism poses a clear snd present mortal danger to Western values and civilization and has a strong anti Semitic component
Israel a country under constant pressure, a side effect is a more coherent society because of the shared experience of miltary service - young people from all parts of the country with all kinds of background meeting each other at a receptive age.
In other countries, young people from different layers of the population don't necessarely meet each other: ships passing in the night.
Furthermore, it's the dramatic decline of the participation in clubs, churches, unions etc., well described by the policical scientist dr. Robert Putnam in his book 'Better Together'.
In NYC, schools, my observation....and no different when I was a kid....you sit with "your own kind" at lunch with few exceptions.
Excellent, and within an extremely complex single topic. Well done!!! "As the late, great Rabbi Jonathan Sacks said, a nation is held together by a covenant: a shared story, identity, and responsibility. Israel survives because Israelis still believe in this covenant... ". With regards to the Jewish sector within the Jewish State of Israel - Jews need to be more Jewish. The single most simple way to encourage and 'make' Jews united even with great diversity is "Living With the Times" as M.M.Schneerson succinctly put it and recommended. That implies and means.... even most minimal daily study of the weekly Parsha.
The west committed suicide. 1965 was the year it all began with the Immigration and Nationality Act. When you bring millions of people on your shores incompatible with western values western values become extinct. The Rose Garden has been replaced by a more diverse bed of weeds.
This is precisely how Canada has basically been destroyed, and become “the champion of antisemitism”, when in 2015, Justin Trudeau declared, "There is no core identity, no mainstream in Canada,'' and consequently that "makes us the first post-national state." His successor, the globalist Mark Carney, is continuing this trend until Canada as a country will cease to exist, making it ripe for takeover as Trump has threatened to do.
Spot on. Excellent article. My grandparents escaped pogroms to be in this country. They became Americans first, assimilated, but kept Judaism alive, keeping it within their community.
Love your handle name. Haha.
You won't haven't one. 6 million for real this time
Important tensions to work through that I too have been face-to-face with in the course of intercultural life and work.
“But when a country elevates cultural variety above cultural cohesion, it loses something vital: the ability to function as a coherent civilization.”
A valid caution, in my personal opinion.
Great article! Too bad you didn't mention that Jews created and imposed multiculturalism in the West while calling Whites who resisted, RACIST.
"As the late, great Rabbi Jonathan Sacks said, a nation is held together by a covenant: a shared story, identity, and responsibility." Wonderful. And a central component of ours is Western Enlightenment values. This, in my mind, is the greatest culture one can have. Of course within the West there are elements in each nation that I dislike, some have a better cuisine, a more compelling history, a better literature. That's all fine. We need to hold on to what makes us great. We have become complacent and we have forgotten what is important.
So so so so true. And very sad. Love the metaphor: "different instruments, same sheet music." How is it possible that police are afraid to enter certain neighborhoods. There's a place to start right there. Absurd! With white Christian nationalism on the agenda in the U.S. I wonder what will be the fate of Jewish school children? Mine are grown, but the thought of Christian prayers in school is anathema.
So so so so true! Police are afraid to enter certain neighborhoods? That's absurd! Love your metaphor: "different instrument; same sheet music." With the white Christian nationalist agenda on the horizon I truly wonder what will happen to the Jews of the U.S. My kids are all done with school, but if they were in a public school which prayed to Jesus, I would have them sit silent and not participate. What would be the fallout from that, I wonder. Scary. And so so so so sad.
Today's ritual of "land acknowledgement" is a way of honoring and simultaneously damning us...or as King Charles's script in Canada...we are on "unceded land." If my students were to talk "My country" even if NYC born....it's The Dominican Rep....it's some other place....not the nation of which they are citizens. Re Israel, I don't dispute your premise. I watched Arab kids coming out of school in Haifa....normal scene of healthy kids, girls in head coverings, meeting parents, buy ice cream. What do they learn in school? They study Jewish history and why Israel is a nation? I did have a very interesting conversation with a Jewish older man cab driver....centuries in Jerusalem...before that Kurdistan. Language before Hebrew? Aramaic. Unlike your assertion, I have many conversations with Uber/taxi drivers in NYC. Unlike my youth when they might have been Jews...they are all foreign born. To me , "what are you? " I am apparently foreign looking to them. If I say I'm Jewish, and they are Muslim or even Arab....friendly conversations about our shared beliefs. True, enough, in NYC, American identity seems downplayed. Maybe in Alabama or Iowa shared American experience/ identity is a given.
Not so much in NYC. Israel...I fear for its cohesion with people who do not serve in the Israel military...at least 20 percent of the population. Why should they identify with Israel when the mobs in London, Paris, Berlin and NYC tell them "not to normalize" Israel.