I think you’re on to something there. At one point, during the 1970’s Rabbi Kahane moved to Israel and ran successfully for Parliament. I believe he came to see that the greatest existential threat to Jews was not in America, but in Israel, after Israel squandered its victories in ‘67 and ‘73 and started down a path of self-doubt and post-Zionism. The new left in Israel came straight out with the philosophy that Israel virtually had no right to exist, that it was a usurper and had no religious or historical claims to the land. When Kahane saw that kind of attitude take hold, he realized (IMHO) that the fight had to be fought in Israel. Having said that, he still encourage American Jews to come join the fight in Israel and he did mention that their situation could never be totally secure in any place outside Israel where anti-Semitism still persists. Ironic, isn’t it, that Israel now has it’s own anti-Semitism problem?
Ironic, isn’t it, that Israel now has it’s own anti-Semitism problem?
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Well when you define anti-Semitism that broadly — the meaning shifts to something like “rebellion against God”—which is not unique to Israel or Jews.