I don't think that leaving is really an option, not only because it's not so clear where 7 million Jews would go. The state has been built to great effect against all odds by people who gave up supreme and lost their lives. This is the country that is given the Jewish people a new lease on life. If you pull that plug, yeah, there will be some Jewish life in places like curiosity oil,. There will be enclaves in New York ... but a rich, newly sawed life kind of Judaism that wants to be part of the political economic cultural technical world which is booming now dies.
As Israel turns 75, has it fulfilled the promise of its founders? Daniel Gordis of Shalem College talks about his book, Impossible Takes Longer, with EconTalk's Russ Roberts looking at the successes and failures of Israel. Topics discussed include the history of Zionism, the plight of the Palestinians, the Jewishness of the Jewish state, and the current debate in Israel over judicial reform.