Caroline Glick correct choice for Israel’s New York Consul General | The Jerusalem Post

Jpost · 🇺🇸 public United States · May 29, 2026 · 1089 words · By PHILLIP JACOBS

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At this pivotal moment in Jewish history, Israel does not need a cautious bureaucrat or a diplomatic placeholder as its next consul general in New York.

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What happened

At this pivotal moment in Jewish history, Israel does not need a cautious bureaucrat or a diplomatic placeholder as its next consul general in New York.

Why it matters

It needs a fighter, a truth-teller, and a leader capable of confronting uncomfortable realities with clarity and courage.

Common ground

Caroline Glick is uniquely qualified for that role.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Appeal to Fear, Straw Man: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

Follow-up questions

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Despite the doubling of the American population since 1948, the American Jewish population has stagnated or declined?
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eFinder identified 5 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence

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Appeal to Fear 85% confidence

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Straw Man 75% confidence

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Black-and-White Fallacy 80% confidence

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Glittering Generalities 80% confidence

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Despite the doubling of the American population since 1948, the American Jewish population has stagnated or declined.”

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While the evidence discusses general demographic shifts and the concentration of Jews in the US and Israel, none of the provided snippets provide the specific population numbers for American Jews in 1948 versus today to confirm stagnation or decline relative to the total US population growth.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — American Jews (Hebrew: יהודים אמריקאים, romanized: Yehudim Amerikaim; Yiddish: אמעריקאנער אידן, romanized: Amerikaner Idn) or Jewish Americans are American citizens who are Jewish, whether by ethnicit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Jews

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The history of the Jews in the United States dates back to the 1600s and 1700s. Jewish communities have existed in the United States since colonial times, and Jewish individuals lived in various citie…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_the_Uni…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable Jewish American politicians, arranged chronologically. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewish_American_politi…

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Claim 2: “At Israel’s founding in 1948, there were approximately 650,000 Jews in Israel and nearly six million Jews in America.”

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Multiple sources confirm that in 1948, the Jewish population in Israel was approximately 650,000. While the specific US figure of 'nearly six million' is not explicitly detailed in the snippets, the global population of 11.3-11.5 million is cited, and the 650,000 figure for Israel is corroborated by two independent web search results.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO) is a federal subject of Russia in the far east of the country, bordering Khabarovsk Krai and Amur Oblast in Russia and Heilongjiang province in China. Its administra…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Autonomous_Oblast

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Jewish Defense League (JDL) is a far-right political organization in the United States, Canada and France. Its stated goal is to "protect Jews from antisemitism by whatever means necessary"; it wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Defense_League

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jewish holidays, also known as Jewish festivals or Yamim Tovim (Hebrew: יָמִים טוֹבִים, romanized: yāmīm ṭōvīm, lit. 'Good Days', or singular Hebrew: יוֹם טוֹב‎ Yom Tov, in transliterated Hebrew [Engl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_holidays

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Claim 3: “Benjamin Netanyahu, Golda Meir, Ron Dermer, Michael Oren, and others combined deep familiarity with American culture with profound commitment to Zionism and aliyah.”

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The evidence confirms these individuals are leaders/diplomats, but the specific claim about their 'combined deep familiarity with American culture' and 'profound commitment to aliyah' as a collective group is not explicitly corroborated across multiple sources in the provided text.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The State of Israel is represented in the Russian Federation through an embassy in Moscow and a consulate-general in Saint Petersburg. Russia is represented in Israel through an embassy in Tel Aviv an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel–Russia_relations

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israelis (Hebrew: ישראלים Yiśraʾelim) are the citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel. The largest ethnic groups in Israel are Jews (75%), followed by Palestinians and Arabs (20%) and o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Israelis

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shimon Peres ( shee-MOHN PERR-ess, -⁠ez; Hebrew: שמעון פרס [ʃiˌmon ˈpeʁes] ; born Szymon Perski, Polish: [ˈʂɨmɔn ˈpɛrskʲi]; 2 August 1923 – 28 September 2016) was an Israeli politician and statesman w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimon_Peres

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Claim 4: “David Ben-Gurion himself repeatedly warned about assimilation, declining Jewish identity, and the dangers of Diaspora complacency.”

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One web search result discusses Ben-Gurion's views on preserving 'national identity' and the function of Jewish law, which aligns with the theme of preventing assimilation, but there is not enough evidence from multiple independent sources to fully corroborate the specific 'repeated warnings' about Diaspora complacency.

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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 29, 2018 ... Implicit in Ben-Gurion's argument is the secular Zionist view that the function of Jewish law had been to preserve Jewish “national identity” in ...
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/dav…

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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 5, 2016 ... We argue that Israel's policy was designed at the time of the state's establishment by David Ben Gurion, in an attempt to construct a national ...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00263206.2016.1…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 2, 2025 ... They desired a homeland where Jews would no longer be a vulnerable minority. Those hopes were realized on May 14, 1948, when the modern State of ...
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/postwar-re…

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Claim 5: “With a population exceeding ten million people, including over seven million Jews, Israel is now the largest Jewish community in the world, by far.”

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Two independent sources confirm the population figures: Wikipedia (Jewish population by country) notes Israel has 7.76 million Jews (the largest globally), and JPR confirms Israel's total population now exceeds 10 million.

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web search NEUTRAL — Israel and the United States host the largest Jewish populations of 7.76 million and 6.30 million respectively. [better source needed] Other countries with core ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_population_by_country

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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 14, 2024 ... Israel is the biggest Jewish community in the world. But we keep hearing how it is ''not anti- semitic'' to hate Israel. 1y · 6 likes.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/israelisraelisrael/posts/101…

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 15, 2026 ... While geographically small, Israel's population now exceeds 10 million ... for how Jews around the world understand its place in Jewish life?
https://www.jpr.org.uk/insights/israel-small-country-big-pop…

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Claim 6: “Intermarriage rates among non-Orthodox Jews exceed 70 percent.”

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Two separate web search results explicitly state that nearly 70% of secular Jews in the USA are intermarried, supporting the claim that rates among non-Orthodox (which includes secular) Jews exceed or approach 70%.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jews have inhabited the Southern United States since the late 1600s when several waves of Western Sephardim and a minority of Ashkenazim settled in the European colonies of Britain, France, and Spain.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_the_Sou…

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Claim 7: “Recent Pew data revealed troubling trends, especially among younger Jews... Among Jews under 35, unfavorable attitudes toward Israel and its government now approach or exceed a majority.”

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The provided Wikipedia snippets for 'American Jews' and 'American Jews in politics' do not contain the specific Pew Research data regarding the attitudes of Jews under 35 toward the Israeli government.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In United States politics, the trends of Jews have changed political positions multiple times. Many early American German-Jewish immigrants to the United States tended to be politically conservative, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Jews_in_politics

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As of 2026, the world's core Jewish population (those identifying as Jews to the exclusion of all else) was estimated at 16.5 million, which is 0.2% of the 8.28 billion worldwide population. However, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_population_by_country

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