Mr. Raphael Wahl writes with a profound sadness from his desk in Europe, lamenting that he is “afraid of falling out of love with Israel” and claiming that the country is “spending Diaspora goodwill.” But the true sadness of his essay lies in the ultimate blind spot of his perspective. He presumes to speak for the entire Diaspora, treating a vast, diverse global community as if they all share his personal anxiety, and he looks at the sacred bond between Israel and the Jewish people through the cold lens of a corporate ledger, speaking of “spending, borrowing, and squandering” emotional capital.

But true love, heritage, and existential survival cannot be measured on a balance sheet. The covenantal bond between Jews is not a transaction, and you do not audit a traumatized brother. If we must talk about a historical ledger, let us be honest: for over seventy years, Israel has given the global Jew a gift of priceless value—a straight spine, a vibrant living culture, and a guaranteed sanctuary so that no Jew will ever again be a stateless refugee.

It is highly convenient for a writer in the West to blame the current Israeli cabinet for the alienation of young Diaspora Jews. But this is a psychological justification. The decades-long “hiving off” of........

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