Elie Wiesel on Living in Israel
“How can it be explained that a Jew like myself,
attached to the destiny of Israel with all the fiber of his being, has
chosen to write, teach, work, found a family, and to live far away in a
social and cultural environment that is far too generalized for that of our
ancestors? Israelis put this question to me, as they do other Jews in the
Diaspora....Is there a satisfactory response? If there is, I don't know
it....For the moment, this is all I can say: as a Jew, I need Israel. More
precisely: I can live as a Jew outside Israel but not without Israel"
Sources: Midstream, May/June 1998 |