About this ebook
—Daniel Pipes, President of the Middle East Forum
“If you think it’s time for the American Jewish community, its organizations, and its leadership, to have an honest, challenging, vigorous debate about where we are going—and what mistakes we have made—then read this important, illuminating, sometimes depressing, but ultimately inspiring, book.”
—Gil Troy, Distinguished Scholar of North American History at McGill University, and editor of the three-volume set Theodor Herzl: Zionist Writings
This book—perhaps the first devoted to this topic—documents the devastating failure of the Jewish establishment, including its leaders and major donors, to defend and protect American Jews as anti-Semitism surges across the country. It is a collection of essays by writers who care about the welfare of the Jewish community. Some of the essayists are prominent, some are local activists engaged in ongoing battles to defend the community. Some essays offer analyses, others give disturbing, in-depth accounts of the failures themselves. All of them rebuke the Jewish leaders and institutions who have abandoned their responsibilities. While Jewish leaders cling to a utopian belief system which comports with their naïve political ideology, the ugly reality their mindset ignores only worsens. Betrayed by their leaders, the essayists argue, American Jews require new, strong leadership.
The book itself is an expanded version of a collection published in the Spring 2022 issue of White Rose Magazine, a publication which promotes classical liberalism in the face of political extremism and is named in honor of the anti-Nazi White Rose resistance movement.
Featuring Essays by:
Jonathan S. Tobin
Richard A. Landes
Joshua Block
Rebecca Sugar
Caroline B. Glick
Naya Lekht
Richard Kronenfeld
Bruce D. Abramson
Thane Rosenbaum
Morton A. Klein
Alan M. Dershowitz
Rabbi Cary Kozberg
M. Zuhdi Jasser
William A. Jacobson
Johanna E. Markind
Rebecca G. Schgallis
Karen D. Hurvitz
Joanne Bregman
Lauri B. Regan
Dr. Amy Rosenthal
Josh Ravitch
Henry Srebrnik
Ben Poser
About the author
Charles Jacobs has, over four decades, founded, co-founded, and led several Jewish and human rights organizations, including the American Anti-Slavery Group, the David Project, Americans for Peace and Tolerance, and the Boston branch of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA). In 2000, he received Boston’s Freedom Award from Coretta Scott King for his work in helping liberate thousands of black slaves in Sudan. In 2007, the Forward named him as among America’s top fifty Jewish leaders. He holds a doctorate in Education from Harvard University.
Avi Goldwasser is a social activist and film producer. He is a co-founder of the David Project, which was established to support Jewish students on campuses. He has served on the board of directors of several Jewish organizations including the Boston branch of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), the Boston Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), and Bureau of Jewish Education (BJE). Goldwasser has produced several films, including the award-winning documentary The Forgotten Refugees (2005), The J Street Challenge: The Seductive Allure of Peace in Our Time (2014), and several campus-related films including Columbia Unbecoming (2004) and Hate Spaces: The Politics of Intolerance on Campus (2016).
