Basing Jewish identity on remembering the Holocaust or caring about Israel—two popular Pew metrics—is a path to failure. Basing it on being part of a Jewish community could actually work, writes Emily Hauser.
I spoke with many (many) people at the recent J Street conference; middle-aged activists, rabbis of various ages and stages, college-aged-or-just-barely-not-college-aged young men and women of exceeding intelligence and remarkable vision.