WHAT SHOULD THE ROLE OF AMERICAN JEWS BE WITH RESPECT TO ISRAEL TODAY?

The article discusses that American Jews like all Americans often overestimate Israel's importance. Israel isn't just a replica of the United States, with the only difference being that in Israel the Jews have guns. Israelis created a new nation, a new culture, a new language, a new identity which was precisely the aim of the original Zionists. Too often, Americans on both the right and the left, project our fantasies and obsessions onto Israel and Israelis.