Many JCCs 'quietly' stripping Israel from their missions

(JNS) — The pro-Israel writer who uses the pseudonym “Elder of Ziyon,” had the sense that Jewish community centers were downplaying Israel programming compared to what they had done in the past. So, he started looking at JCC websites at random to see if his impression was correct, the writer told JNS.

“I saw lots of progressive-friendly events and very few Israel-centered events,” he said. “Then I decided to look at the mission statements.”

“Most of them never had any mention of Israel, although the programming from 20 years ago was definitely more Israel-centered,” he added. “But, as I showed...