The entire “marched peacefully to deaths” bit is a myth.
The Warsaw Ghetto held out longer than the nation of France.
My grandfather, for example, smashed in the heads of the French cops who came to collect him and grandma (with a pipe). He and our family escaped with both their wallets and their sidearms.
The fact is, a good half of the self-described Jews in these polls are not Jewish under the Law or by religious practice.
As disapora Jews, their feelings towards Israeli Jews proper is mixed, and often no different than a nostalgic feeling like a third-generation American of Irish decent who has a fondness for green and St. Patrick’s day, but little more.
Very enlightening post, and probably the most likely explanation I’ve ever read for why American Jews voted overwhelmingly for ostammer.
Thanks.
That’s what I have suspected - that Israel’s struggle is an oddity of the past for many “modern” American Jews. The thing is, their struggle replicates many struggles, albeit with a more fulsome background.