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In 1979, famed Zionist Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg observed that insufficient support for Israel had become the sole reason for excommunication in the American Jewish community. (Photo/Wikimedia)

Israel at 70

Why is ‘anti-Israel’ the only cause for excommunication in American Judaism?

by Aaron J. Hahn Tapper April 8, 2018April 8, 2018

As renowned Jewish American rabbi and avowed Zionist Arthur Hertzberg wrote as far back as 1979, “One can no longer be excommunicated in Modern [Jewish] America for not believing in […]