meanfreepath

But do you really think that would be happening to Jews if Israel didn't exist? I mean, I guess the question is where all of those Jews would have gone after the war if not to Israel. I don't know the history well enough to know, but could they all have come to America if they had wanted to? Or would they have had to go back to Eastern Europe and/or stayed in the various Middle Eastern countries where Sephardic Jews lived? I mean, I disagree with Arthur in that I do still think it's nice that Israel exists, and I don't think going back and un-creating it would be an ideal outcome (although I also don't have any ideas for what WOULD be a realistic, ideal outcome)...but I also don't think Israel's existence really has that much of an impact on the lives of American Jews, even if it is nice to have it as a refuge in case Sarah Palin ever becomes president or something...