18 rabbis from LA went to Israel for 58 hours on a "solidarity… love" trip, at the behest of the Israeli consulate in LA. The rabbis renewed their vows and– the new mantra– committed themselves to "wrestling" with Israel as a real place with flaws. (Already an anachronistic paradigm in a country that elected Avigdor Lieberman.)
Jeff Blankfort asks, Is there some concern in Israel that the support for it within key elements of the Jewish religious community are wearing thin? Nothing better than 58 hours (doing what would take two weeks, maybe three in the gentile world) in Israel to make things right again. Who paid for it? If it’s the Israeli government, wouldn’t that raise a few eyebrows?
