MixedThe Wall Street JournalMr. Gordis labors to avoid taking sides, but he bemoans \'Jewish illiteracy\' in America, faulting Jews in the U.S. for their tendency to mistake their liberal, universal principles for Judaism and to imagine Israel as a \'Hebrew-speaking, falafel-eating version of America\' ... Gallup’s most recent polling finds that 95% of American Jews have favorable views of Israel. That support has limits, driving Jewish conservatives and Israelis to distraction, but We Stand Divided reminds us that it was ever thus. If Mr. Gordis aims his sights too low, one reason may be that he sees a gulf separating not only American and Israeli Jews but also their nations, America and Israel.
