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Are American Jews Really Traitors?

One leading Israeli journalist just said "yes" — in no uncertain terms — and has unleashed a firestorm. Today, our first of a series on the intellectual roots of American Judaism and their legacy.

Just before Yom Ha-Atzma’ut, Israel Independence Day, Hagai Segal, a leading Israeli journalist, author and former Editor-in-Chief of the Makor Rishon newspaper, wrote a column in which he expressly said that by virtue of their not having moved here, American Jews are traitors.

It was an incendiary word to choose, and as one might have anticipated, it u…

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