Our very own Judy Maltz’s riveting essay in this week’s Haaretz describes the ingathering to Israel of a small and exotic sect of putative “lost Jews” in India called the Bnei Menashe or ‘Sons of Menashe.’
The essay raises a million important questions, and brings to mind Prime Minister Netanyahu’s recent call for all the Jews of Europe to quit their homes and make their way to the ancestral home, a suggestion that was met with anger among Western Jewry.
Don, Noah, and special guest Judy Maltz ask, is it time to stop seeking lost or threatened Jews in the hope of dragging their asses to Israel?
Our very own Judy Maltz’s riveting essay in this week’s Haaretz describes the ingathering to Israel of a small and exotic sect of putative “lost Jews” in India called the Bnei Menashe or ‘Sons of Menashe.’
The essay raises a million important questions, and brings to mind Prime Minister Netanyahu’s recent call for all the Jews of Europe to quit their homes and make their way to the ancestral home, a suggestion that was met with anger among Western Jewry.
Don, Noah, and special guest Judy Maltz ask, is it time to stop seeking lost or threatened Jews in the hope of dragging their asses to Israel?
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