Jewish Ambivalence: Conformity vs. Fear of Anti-Semitism
Touching base with a friend recently, she asked what I was up to, and having just returned from the pool of a local Jewish community center, I whimsically replied, \”I\’ve been swimming with Jews.\” This inside joke became a bit more pertinent as we discussed the New York Times piece \”On Israel, Jews and Leaders Often Disagree,\” a roundtable discussion regarding the discomfort many Jews feel about Israel and the pressure not to go against \”acceptable\” currents on the matter.