Abstract
The writer of this article, Canadian-born Shelly Shreter, studied at Berkley University, California, and is at present doing post-graduate work at the London School of Economics. His views reflect recent trends among American Jewish students and young people. Partly as a reaction to the anti-Israel stance of the ‘New Left’, these Jewish radicals, without giving up their radicalism, are searching for a synthesis between their Jewish consciousness and social commitment. Some of them, like the present writer, have found that their place is with the Israeli Left in securing a just and progressive society in Israel, not merely by propagating their ideas but by active participation. Others look for a ‘reformed’ Judaism, which leads them to a re-interpretation of the essence of Khassidism and an attempt at giving a new meaning to the idea of ‘Havurot’, a new kind of community living. Others still are trying to define their Jewishness in terms of a new Americanism based on a pluralistic society in which Jews can ...
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