Thread: Israeli Says Jews Shouldn’t Celebrate the Fourth

Originally Posted by CaptainCourtesy

The article title is misleading. This not a position that Israel holds, but a position that a radical named Tzvi Fishman holds.

It's not really a radical position, just a mistaken one. I don't see the big deal.

Originally Posted by 24107

Hearing which song gives you more goose pimples and a greater feeling of patriotism? The Star Spangled Banner or HaTikva?”“If there was a war between the United States and Israel, which army would you join?”
“Which of these foods do you consider your nation’s favorite?” (Pictured: a cheeseburger and a falafel sandwich.)
These are some of the questions Israeli novelist and provocateur Tzvi Fishman asks in his “Jewish Identity Quiz” in The Jewish Press, the Brooklyn-based Modern Orthodox newspaper. It’s a follow-up to his screed against Jews celebrating the Fourth of July. “Yom HaAtzmaut is Independence Day for the Jews, not the 4th of July,” he wrote. “Boker tov, my friends, but Israel is our nation, not America.”

Israeli Says Jews Shouldn’t Celebrate the Fourth - by Marc Tracy - Tablet Magazine – Jewish News and Politics, Jewish Arts and Culture, Jewish Life and Religion

He's right. Am Yisrael Chai.

However, Jews should still help America prosper. I mean, without Jews, America wouldn't be a superpower.

Thanksgiving is a good holiday, as long as it's kosher, I support Yidden keeping it.