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Sunday, November 3, 2013

Why American Jews Shouldn't Be Afraid To Put Israel First

http://forward.com/articles/186631/why-american-jews-shouldnt-be-afraid-to-put-israel/

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Why American Jews Shouldn't Be Afraid To Put Israel First
Nothing Wrong With Valuing Ties to Jewish State

Dual Loyalty: Imaginary scenario: Israel and the United States are at war. Who should American Jews support?
By Hillel Halkin
Published November 01, 2013, issue of November 08, 2013.

Now that distribution of its questionnaire has been canceled, the proposed poll of American Jews and Israeli immigrants to America, commissioned by a Los Angeles organization called the Israeli American Council with the initial collaboration of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, will presumably fade from the headlines. Yet the issues raised by it are real; they need to be talked about without the hypocrisy that until now has accompanied discussions of them.

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