LTE: Being Jewish in America

On December 31, 2023, the New York Times published Aaron Dorfman’s letter to the editor in response to a column by Bret Stephens (please note it is the fourth letter down on the webpage). Here is an excerpt:

For nearly two and a half centuries, even amid painful setbacks, the United States has offered one of the last, best places to be Jewish — not because it catered to Jews, but because its democratic pluralism, albeit aspirational and imperfect from the beginning, allowed minorities like ours an opportunity to live freely. When that democratic pluralism struggles, we shouldn’t prematurely mourn its loss. We should repair it instead.