How then was the following conversation possible? In this conversation, I mentioned to a lady from my temple that I was disturbed that a leader of the umbrella organization for Conservative Synagogues had been quoted as saying he applauded Rick Jacob's appointment to head the Reform movement.
"Why?" she asked.
"Well, for starters," I explained, "he serves on J Street's board of directors."
"So why is that bad? I know a college kid in California who worked for J Street," she said. "She never had anything bad to say about them."
But, it gets worse; much worse. I met two old guys from my synagogue at a cantorial concert. (I guess I shouldn't refer to them as "old" in light of my own advanced years.) These fellows are also highly supportive of Israel. During the intermission, I described my recent conversation with the lady, as just mentioned above.
I was met with silence. Then, one of them asked, "Who's J Street?"
I was floored. But, then, the more I thought of it, it occurred to me that maybe this wasn't so bad after all.
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