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If Israel is neither contributing to
Jewish survival nor to Judaism's moral
vitality, for many it is merely unneces-
sary baggage. While many of our stu-
dents do experience outsider attacks at
pro-Israel events, many do not for they
are not showing up.
When we confront an outside foe,
the battle lines are clear. But when
the challenge is alienation and loss of
sense of purpose within our communi-
ty, there is no simple or short-term fix.
We need, not merely, to protect our
students; we need to find new ways to
engage with them and to have them
engage with the ideas of Israel.
The days of Survival Zionism as
inspiring and relationship building for
North American Jews are largely over
and will, God willing, remain so. The
primary foundation for a relationship
between young North American Jews
and Israel in the future will be Cultural
Zionism. Not, however, in its past,
chauvinist sense of Israel's superiority,
but in the sense of Israel contributing
together with North American Jewish

life in the creation of a vital Judaism
for the 21st century.
The future of viability of Cultural
Zionism, however, requires two foun-
dations. The first is a North American
Jew who engages with the moral and
spiritual challenges, difficulties and
opportunities entailed in sovereignty
and feels empowered to build the
Israel that can inspire their identifi-
cation with it. The second is on the
strengthening of an Israeli society
that is engaged in precisely the same
thing. When this occurs, we will still
be exposed to enemies from without;
but we will be able to rest assured that
there is an army within that is willing
to stand up with Israel.

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Rabbi Hartman is president of Shalom

Hartman Institute of Jerusalem, a pluralis-

tic center of research and education, and
director of the Institute's iEngage Project,

whose goal is to create a new narrative
about Israel's significance in Jewish life.

This piece first appeared as a May 27 blog
in Times of Israel.

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