The stars & stripes of David.(American Jews and Israel) From: The Nation | Date: May 4, 1998| Author: Heschel, Susannah; Fein, Leonard; Hertzberg, Arthur; Viorst, Milton; Biale, David | COPYRIGHT 1998 The Nation Company L.P. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Five American Jews present their views on the relationship between American Jewry and Zionism. Their discussions cover gender, theology, Jewish self-hate and self-love, disenchantment, imperialism and nationalism.

It has become a cliche to observe that unquestioning support for Israel, combined with a strong measure of Holocaust lamentation, has replaced the Five Books of Moses as the religious basis of modern American Jewry. Like most cliches, it is a gross over-simplification ...

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