The Brits Weigh In on Tomorrow
After attending the Facing Tomorrow Conference, being treated to all the press reports (mostly American oriented – even if appearing in the Israeli news), and all the various comments both pro and con about the Conference floating around the blog-o-sphere (the Anglo-Israeli crowd commented heavily on the expense while people are hungry in Israel), here is a view from a U.K. attendee and speaker:
“… Peres succeeded beyond expectations in creating an event so ambitious in its reach, so impressive in its execution, that his countrymen could justifiably feel both proud and reassured about what it said about Israel’s international status…”
and this about our communities leadership:
With our interest, here at eJewish Philanthropy, in the ‘younger generation’, I found these last comments, in particular, relevant. Guess the entrenched leadership of the Jewish communal world is a universal problem; reminds me of the recent Republican party Presidential primary race in the U.S!
Read more from David Rowan, editor of the U.K.’s Jewish Chronicle: Leadership: a billion-dollar question.
image source: thejc.com