In the Forward, Isaac Luria, 26, of J Street goes after Foxman, David Harris and Malcolm Hoenlein, saying that the old guard don't get it, and young Jews are making a new identity. "Continuity" in this excerpt is the concern with Jewish survival, which usually translates to the organizational efforts to stop intermarriage (which grew out of the Jewish survey in 1990 indicating that over half of young Jews were marrying out).
Many of these new communities and organizations are more committed
to making Judaism personally meaningful than to simply pursuing Jewish
continuity, and aren’t necessarily housed inside traditional Jewish
institutions (though they may be funded by forward-thinking Jewish
philanthropies). Many of us who are active in these new endeavors are
connected to and care about Israel. We hope for a lasting peace, and
believe that both sides must play a role in resolving the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
For many young Jews,
Obama embodies our values. He leads an interconnected world, dealing
with myriad and difficult problems pragmatically and honestly. As a
symbol of a new era of racial relations, he is uniquely positioned to
help peacefully resolve ethnic strife and conflict abroad.
