The Generational Divide, Part 2

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A front-page article in The New York Times explores the great Generational Divide with regard to Israel[i]. In doing so, it goes beyond an earlier Op-Ed which appeared in the paper a few days earlier[ii].

In vivid detail, the article describes the Divide in terms of a particular family and the ugly rift that’s threatened to tear it apart:

“The ideological rift between the Kornblatt parents (Marc and Judith) and their daughter (Louisa) is a clash between an older generation of American Jews, who believe Israel has a right to defend itself and that its very survival is at stake, and a younger generation more likely to view Israel as a great military power and an occupying force.”

In growing up, Louisa was well versed in the History and Struggles of the Jews and was more that Empathetic. Indeed, she spent summers at a Jewish camp where she shared her parents’ beliefs that “the safety of the Jewish people depended on a Jewish state”. However, when she started attending a Graduate Program in Social Work at UC Berkeley, she underwent a deep change. In her own words, “I don’t think that the state of Israel should ever have been established…It’s based on this…