Food For Thought: The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment

Attended a lunch with Peter Beinart, a journalist and CUNY professor who just wrote a fascinating piece in the New York review of books: "the failure of the American Jewish Establishment."

In the piece, Beinart persuasively argues that a number of large jewish organization are out of touch with the young non-orthodox jews in the United States on the question of Israel and the peace process.In person, he was just as articulate and compelling, discussing the article with the audience and deftly handling questions from the beltway policy audience.


I agree with most of Beinart's article: most of the mainstream Jewish organizations are failing to represent young non-orthodox Jews on the question of the peace process.