Jewish people are turning away from Israel – don’t be surprised ...Middle East

It is a theme later developed by Woody Allen in his 1977 film Annie Hall when he contrasts his own upbringing as part of a Jewish family living in a house under a Coney Island rollercoaster with that of Annie, the product of an upper-class, traditional, East Coast American background. 

There are, it is said, twice as many words for “argue” than there are for “happy” in Yiddish, the language of European Jewry, and this is reflected in the vast number of jokes about the contrary nature of Jewish people. For example…

Arguing, or debating a matter of truth, is a central part of the Jewish tradition. In fact, when scholars study the Talmud (the central text of the Jewish religion), they do so in pairs so that, at any given point, they can contest differing views on a philosophical or religious assertion. The Talmud, in fact, is not a narrative like the Bible, but is more a theological argument.

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As the saying goes, if you get two Jews, you get three different opinions, and I use all this cultural and doctrinal background to put into context the argument that has caused a rift within the representative body of Britain’s 287,000 Jews.

Twelve days ago, 36 members of the Board of Deputies wrote a letter to the Financial Times, condemning the actions of the Israeli government in breaking the negotiated ceasefire in Gaza. “We cannot turn a blind eye or remain silent at this renewed loss of life and livelihoods, with hopes dwindling for a peaceful reconciliation and the return of the hostages,” they wrote.

And that should have been that. Jews having an argument about the policies of the Israeli government. Nothing new there. It’s happening at dinner tables all over the country. But no. The more conservative members of the Board of Deputies are calling for disciplinary action against their renegade colleagues, and now an official enquiry, scheduled to last a month, has been launched to decide whether the Board’s code of conduct has been broken.

I know of some Jewish families – my own, for instance – where the war is not mentioned for fear of causing a more visceral disagreement. The 36 Deputies were courageous to voice their opinions and go against the party line. They should be celebrated for their actions, not disciplined.

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