(Brown Daily Herald) - Israeli lecturer Avraham Infeld came to Brown as part of a tour of campuses sponsored by Hillel International. "The intifada is not Israel," he said. "Israel is the relationship between the people and the dream and the memory they have." "Being Jewish is knowing you have a memory that is longer than your own life." "We can't just teach the modern situation. We need people to feel a part of the Jewish people. To love Israel demands understanding your relationship to the Jewish people and the relationship of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel." "People think that everything Israel does, you have to support it. I do not agree." But it is important for Jewish students to love Israel, he said - unconditional love like that of family members. "We're taught to like Israel, but we forget to love it. Liking depends on behavior. Love is part of the relationship," he said. "And that sense of love is not dependent on Israel's behavior."
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