You may recall that the 92nd St. Y, one of NYC’s signature Jewish-funded institutions, came under pressure recently from members of the Jewish community. They demanded the Y stop giving a platform to Israel bashers and anti-Semites like they’ve done with Alice Walker and Roger Waters. Well, it may have worked. This past Sunday the Y hosted a talk featuring Israel’s Minister of Economics and chairman of the nationalist Jewish Home party, Naftali Bennett. And in one fell swoop Bennett broke through two of the Y’s formidable firewalls built to keep out religious Jews and true Zionists who love the Land. Still, we need to keep the Y under scrutiny or their new openness won’t last.
NB: I could not find a video of the event, but here and here is Bennett delivering a speech to the Brookings Institution a few days before he spoke at the Y. I’m sure most of the content at the two venues were much the same. And below is a link to the JPost account of Bennett’s talk.
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