Israel was founded as a refuge for the Jewish people, but today it isn't a safe place. It is safer to be Jew in New York.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Israel is not the safest place in the world for Jews. Melbourne in Australia is better. Teaneck, New Jersey, is safer.
If I wasn't going to live in Israel, I had to live in New York.
New York was a place I wanted to live and work all along. If I wasn't going to live in Israel, I had to live in New York.
There are a lot of Israeli musicians in New York because you want to grow and go onstage, and eventually you have to get out of Israel to do that because there aren't enough places to play.
As a Jew I am aware of how important the existence of Israel is for the survival of us all. And because I am proud of being Jewish, I am worried by the growing anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism in the world.
In the New York metropolitan area, you can find Jews from just about every Jewish cultural community in the world.
Like other important immigrant communities, the Jewish experience in the United States represents the ideal of freedom and the promise and opportunity of America.
The whole point of Israel was to create a place where Jews could live the best life - and liveliest - in accordance with their values.
Most Israelis do want to keep Israel safe. The question is how do you do that.
I believe that the only alternative Israel has to save itself as a Jewish state - and let's be frank about that: the Jewish state is predicated on having a Jewish majority - the only way we can do that is by unilaterally withdrawing our border and withdrawing our settlements in the West Bank.
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