Earlier this week William Daroff CEO of the distinguished American organization comprised of presidents of 52 legacy Jewish organizations gave an interview to Zev Stub of The Times of Israel ahead of the annual Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations mission to Israel later this month. Daroff who I consider a friend and for whom I hold nothing but respect, posted the article on his FaceBook feed with the invitation “let me know what you think”. I did. And William responded in the same spirit of friendship and respect.

The advice offered to Israelis in Daroff’s TOI interview, elaborated in his comment to me, are worth a deeper exploration for the disconnect this singularly influential group of diaspora leaders demonstrates via his words and their inaction.

The theme of Daroff’s interview was summarized as “a return to unity”, said Daroff, “My big focus now for the American Jewish community is to try to continue this unity (which now means working together on these issues and speaking with commonality of purpose and agreement) and to impress upon our Israeli brothers and sisters to put unity at the top........

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