Hmm, is there a better term than just "Zionist" to describe the anti-post-Zionist?

They probably didn't want to mention Iraq because they didn't want to rub salt in the wound. They don't feel that Iraq is as "righteous" as Israel's march to Massada.

Criticism of Zionists, as far as I can tell, is solely directed at the latter. The question is whether it is fair to the former not to make the proper distinctions. I think not.

You speak of the younger generation becoming alienated from Israel.

At home, I am both supportive (as in belonging) and very critical of Israel.

My sons are more interested in Israel than I. They both study Hebrew, which I would never. My older son is going to Israel on one of the birthright programs. The only way that I would be willing for him to go, would be if the program were definitively NOT propaganda, not biased, not rah-rah.

The program that he chose clearly isn't propaganda.

He does have an experience of both anti-semitism in his life (a striking one, if not a violent one), and of connection to his parents, grandparents, and even great-grand-parents history.

You speak in terms of the relaxation of anti-semitism as a reality.

If you truly believe that that is true, why do you think it is?

The holocaust was certainly over the edge, but long history of persecution was accepted for generations and generations by liberal Europeans. And, if the relaxation of anti-semitism is so deep to be confident, why would that have occurred?

For myself, I'm not that confident of it, as I hear the permission to express anti-semitism occur more frequently recently than at any time during my life.

"The injury is fresh". I think you fail to understand human psychology clearly. A man of 62, still with his wits and conscience at any point, is probably still skeptical, still questioning his own assumptions.

Is it possible that current rhetoric is familiar and fits the profile of genuine danger, even if not frequently or directly experienced overtly?

From your articles, I expect that my hope for change takes a different form than your own.

We have our own voices. Our children's are their own.

Phil implied that the Jewish youth are alienated from Judaism.

I convey that that is at most partially true.

The question is what is desired, and what actions on his part does he think is important.

He's stated that he is an assimilationist. He doesn't have children.

I do, and that constitutes a living natural tradition to me, in contrast to his armchair philosophical.