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Protecting Jewish Identity Is Our Most Important Task
(Prime Minister's Office) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) General Assembly in Jerusalem on Wednesday. What I'm concerned with when it comes to the Jewish people is the loss of identity. It's not the question of the Western Wall or the question of conversion; we'll overcome that. It's the loss of identity. Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch wrote recently: "Those who are not concerned with Jewish survival will not survive as Jews." There's some basic truth to that. Jewish survival is guaranteed in the Jewish state if we defend our state, but we have to also work at the continuity of Jewish communities in the world by developing Jewish education, the study of Hebrew, having the contact of young Jews coming to Israel. We need an approach in the internet age to young Jewish men and women, to Jewish children around the world, so that they understand that their own future as Jews depends on continuous identity. It's protecting Jewish identity and developing Jewish consciousness that is the most important thing. It transcends politics; it touches on the foundations of history. So I hope that we do this. This is what I think we're here for. We are one people - let's make sure that every Jewish child in the world knows how proud they should be to be Jews.