Joel Braunold / Jewish World blogger

From #j14 to the Bet Shemesh protests, the Jewish people living in their homeland is not an entity to which things happen, but a people who can affect their own fate.

Religious ideologues are using textual interpretations to justify actions that clearly desecrate G-d’s name rather than glorify it. Inspiring educators cannot afford to stand idly by.

Jews living in the Diaspora have long sought for society to accept that, while its members want to be equal to non-Jews, they will always be distinct.

Though it has never been an easier time to be a Jew, it has never been harder to define ourselves as part of a cohesive Jewish people.

Although the majority of Diaspora Jews live in democratic countries, this is not a practice that the Jewish world has taken on board; we are a society that is governed and represented by those who can afford to lead.

As one of the most successful programs of the Jewish people to date looks forward to its next ten years, it has the tremendous opportunity to redefine the relationship between the younger generation of Israelis and Diaspora Jews.

At what point should the Diaspora communities say to Israelis that enough is enough- we will give, but we will not allow those in your own society to shirk their responsibilities?