The Ruderman Family Foundation, together with the Ne’emanei Torah Va’Avodah Movement, initiated the writing of two position papers about the Jewish community in the United States and its relations with Israel. One study was devoted to anchors,
stigmas and data related to the American Jewish community, and the second study asked what role the American Jewish community plays in the “Zionist Project”. It discusses the community’s relationship with the State of Israel, from the days before the declaration of independence, through Israel’s early years and its struggles for survival, to the present day, and the new challenges created by the changes the country has undergone as well as the changes experienced by the American Jewish community.