The unprecedented show of pride and self-confidence by British Jews in the nation’s first-ever Salute to Israel parades may be a sign of the transformation of a community long considered timid and low key.
Plenty of rabbis lead their congregation’s book club, but Jon Cutler of Tiferes B’nai Israel in Pennsylvania may be the only one who does so from a war zone.
The new president of the University of California keeps a kosher home, lectures on Maimonides for intellectual stimulation and is an unabashed Israel supporter.
