Learning the lesson

unmitigated chutzpah!

Never in history has coming to Israel been easier and more accommodating than now. Short of placing replicas of the Champs-Élysées in every town square, what more can our country possibly do to persuade our French brethren that Israel is the future? More than we want the French to come – and we do – they themselves must grasp the urgency of leaving antisemitic Europe for the one and only Jewish homeland.

For those of us who have already made the choice of living here, we can assure those of you still in France that becoming Israeli is not a last resort – it is a privilege and a blessing to call this place home.

Vive l’Israel! SUSIE WEISS Ra’anana

I came across the following prophetic words of my father, the late Rabbi Pinchas Shebson, an inclusivist and a strictly Orthodox and Zionist leader for over half a century in England, written I know not when:

“Does not history repeat itself? ... The crisis today: Israel is facing enemies. Hitler’s spirit is being revived. And what do we do? We argue, we abuse each other, we criticize each other. There is no unity in our camp.”

The Jewish people throughout the world – Zionist and non-Zionist, haredi, national-religious, non-Orthodox and secular – should once and for all learn the lesson before it is too late! JACK SHEBSON Jerusalem