Stanley K. Sheinbaum

In the following viewpoint, Stanley K. Sheinbaum contends that unity among Israelis and among the international Jewish community would enhance the prospects for peace in the Middle East. Infighting among Israelis could endanger Israel if the Arab world sees these tensions as a vulnerability, he maintains. Moreover, the distancing of American Jews from Israel undermines Jewish cultural identity and threatens the important alliance between Israel and American Jewry. Jews should work together to ensure peace in Israel and the Middle East, insists Sheinbaum. Sheinbaum is the publisher of New Perspectives Quarterly, a journal of social and political thought.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. Which Israeli groups have been pitted against each other in recent years, according to Sheinbaum?
2. According to the author, why has American Jewish support for Israel diminished...