From Gaza to New York’s Mayoral Race, Jewish Identity Splits Over Israel’s Future NYT | Top Stories By: Emma Goldberg 30 October 2025 at 23:04 Left-wing Jews are wrestling with thorny questions: What will American Jewish communities look like now? And how will they think about Israel? © Natalie Keyssar for The New York TimesFrom left, Natasha Westheimer, Simone Zimmerman and Liya Rechtman. The three became friends while living in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Now none of them identify as Zionists.