The collapse of the ideological consensus around Israel in Washington has illuminated a myth prevalent among American Jewish communal leaders: That they were capable of wielding immense power to defend Jewish interests and, in particular, Israel

Over recent days, several yeshiva students were arrested for draft dodging, while several attempted arrests failed due to local protests. Earlier on Thursday, hundreds of ultra-Orthodox protesters clashed with police in Jerusalem and even overturned a police vehicle

Israelis glorify the Hasmoneans for purifying the Temple and liberating Jerusalem, but they were actually a bloodthirsty clan whose members turned on each other. The Romans put them out of everybody's misery