Anti-Zionism: An Anti-Jewish History

Benjamin Moser sets out to sever the Jewish connection to Israel. Instead, he affirms it. Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Members can share articles with friends & family to bypass the paywall. A common story told to Jewish schoolchildren is about a town that commissions a cover for its Torah scroll. When it finally arrives, the cover is stunning, but it’s clearly too short to cover the whole scroll. The townsfolk come up with a fix: They’ll just trim the Torah. This story is told to children because the absurdity of the “solution” is obvious even to the young. Seth Mandel is a senior editor at Commentary Magazine. More We Think You’d Like