It was with profound sadness that I read the opinion piece in the July (2024) edition titled “We need to speak with candor.” The writer tells us that his children “feel estranged and ashamed” of Israel, despite the fact that they were given the gift of attending Zionist summer camps in British Columbia. Apparently, despite their summer Zionist experience, the children have allowed their political disagreement with the current government to overshadow their common cause with 8,000,000 endangered brothers and sisters at risk in Israel. I am left wondering if that is how Zionism is taught at summer camps like these.
Russell D. Raskin
Pawtucket, R.I.
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Providence, RI 02906
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