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I teach Israeli and American 18-year-old participants in the Hartman Institute’s gap year program, Hevruta. I recently asked the Americans how central Israel was to their Jewish identities before they arrived in Israel. One answered, “not much.” Most of what he learned about Israel, he complained, was very “indoctriny” – coining a vivid term. A second student said that for her, Israel barely made up “ten or fifteen percent” of her Jewish identity. Still, she added, “we did get a range of views on Israel back home, from very right-wing pro-Israel to BDS.”
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