Letters to an American Jewish Friend: A Zionist’s Polemic

Hillel Halkin

1976

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[…] That we in Israel are in need of a dose of Jewish soul—that this, as much as sheer survival, with which it is in no small way connected, is a pressing issue of our existence—I readily concede. But that you in the Diaspora are in any position to supply it, or to preserve it like a fine wine to be drunk by us at some future time when we will be…

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Hillel Halkin

b. 1939

Hillel Halkin is a New York–born author, journalist, and Yiddish and Hebrew translator. An active Zionist, he moved to Israel in 1970. He is also a frequent political commentator, often on the Arab–Israeli conflict. His articles are published in Commentary, Forward, the Jerusalem Post, and other journals.

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