American Jewry is being destroyed by assimilation, and soon only Orthodox Jews will be left in the U.S., a member of the Israeli Knesset, Chaim Eichler, argued in the Knesset Interior Committee today (December 28, 2017), according to the Jerusalem Post website.
Eichler called the assimilation of Jews in the U.S. the "Silent Holocaust." (Most Jews in Israel are Orthodox Jews, while Reform Jews and Conservative Jews prevail in the U.S.)
"American Jewry assimilated because Jews were forced to work on Shabbat. That's how six million Jews became disconnected," Eichler said.
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism CEO Rabbi Steven Wernick said, "It's a shame that members of the Israeli Government make such outrageous hateful statements. Further, it's just plain wrong. North American Jewish life is thriving...."
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