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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/The-challenges-facing-American-Jewry-472227
The Challenges Facing American Jewry
(Jerusalem Post) Steve Linde - The 2016 presidential race exhibited "worrying manifestations of anti-Semitism on the extremes of both sides," says Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. But Hoenlein and others are much more concerned about what he calls "the negative phenomenon of indifference" within the Jewish community. They believe the antidote lies in properly educating the younger generation as early as possible about the positive aspects of both Judaism and the Jewish state, and equipping them with the tools to fight anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, particularly the BDS movement on college campuses. "The problem is that many of our kids are not inoculated and equipped to respond, so they fall victim to the often extremist and anti-Israel culture that exists among faculty members and on campuses. We have to start doing much more, much earlier." "We need to be united. That doesn't mean there can't be differences, but we have to deal with them in an atmosphere of respect, while we recognize that what unites us far outweighs the differences." "We have one faith and one fate, and so what's happening to one part of us is going to affect all of us."