Associated Press - December 16, 2013
JERUSALEM (AP) — More than 100
Israeli leaders gathered with Jewish-American counterparts in Jerusalem
last month with a daunting mission: to save Jewish life in North
America.
Jewish American
leaders have known for years that assimilation and intermarriage were
slowly shrinking their communities, but the early November gathering
took on an extra sense of urgency. Just weeks earlier, a landmark study
had found that young American Jews are growing increasingly estranged
from Judaism.
As these efforts
press ahead, they are being complicated by a new issue: What role can
Israel play in Jewish American life at a time when many American Jews,
who tend to be socially liberal, have misgivings about some of Israel's
policies.
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