Current sectionIsrael NewsHaaretz TodayHaaretz Today An organized community that cannot tolerate any dissent will lose its dissenting members, deepening its resistance to alternate views and making it less able to exert any influence outside the communityShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeArno Rosenfeld08:46 PM • August 12 2026 IDTThe American Jewish establishment is in a bind. It is sitting on data showing that young Americans – including young Jews – are turning away from Israel, and highlighting the need to pursue a new approach that might reverse this trend. Yet many Jewish leaders seem determined to double down on failed strategies.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Haaretz Today NewsletterCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesIran-HormuzLebanonWest BankYoav SegalovitzDefense PactMichigan PrimaryElection PollsHaQuizHaaretz Podcast'Zionist' Has Become Toxic in America. The Jewish Establishment Must Confront ItNetanyahu Changes Likud Rules to Let Far-right Politician Run in PrimaryMet Gala Honor for Designer Disgraced by Antisemitism Gets Mixed ReviewsFamilies of Israel-backed Lebanese Militia Members Can Now Return to LebanonSwedish Left Party Faces Scrutiny Over Support Letters to Palestinian TerroristsRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMI50 Years Ago, a Young Israeli Was Crowned the Most Beautiful Woman in the WorldIsrael's Leading Philosopher on Manipulation, Morality and the Future of ZionismWho Is Rebeca Grynspan, the Jewish Frontrunner to Become the Next UN Chief?How a Teen, Not a Journalist, Debunked Israel's Gaza 'Voluntary Emigration' Plan'I Saw Pictures of Dead Kids. In the Army They Told Us We Only Kill Terrorists'Israel Elections: How to Actually Read the Polls