Some have suggested that the Israel Day Parade should be transformed into a broader celebration of Jewish diversity, one in which Israel is merely one thread among many. That sounds generous. It sounds inclusive. It is also a profound misreading of what happened today on Fifth Avenue.

More than 60,000 Jews and allies marched. Not despite the current moment, but because of it. We marched as American Jews. We marched as religious Jews and secular Jews. We marched as liberals and conservatives, immigrants and native-born New Yorkers, day school students and public school students, synagogue members and cultural Jews. We marched carrying Israeli flags not because Israel exhausts Jewish identity, but because Israel remains one of its central expressions.

The attempt to separate Judaism from Zionism is not new. We have seen versions of it before. The fringe, fundamentalist sect........

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