His Brother's Keeper: Israel and Diaspora Jewry in the Twenty-First Century - Hardcover

Israel's bold Minister of Justice calls for renewing the relationship between American and Israeli Jews and offers a plan for halting the downward spiral to complete assimilation. 15,000 first printing.

Brother's Keeper, Yossi Beilin, Israel's outspoken Minister of Justice, offers a bold prescription for renewing and enriching Jewish life in the twenty-first century. Viewing the status quo as the greatest enemy of the Jewish people, Beilin challenges the notion that there is nothing to be done about the shrinking number of Jews in the world or the growing gap between Israel and the Diaspora communities.

Beilin's approach calls for a new partnership of equals between Israel and Diaspora Jewry.  The goal, he explains, is to strengthen Jewish identity now so that future generations will have a viable tradition to pass along to their children.  Beilin was the initiator of the Birthright program, which aims to bring thousands of Jewish teenagers on fully subsidized trips to Israel in the hope of awakening within them an interest in learning about their Jewish roots.

Among Beilin's other suggestions for creating a world-wide Jewish community are recogni