# Israeli PM Quote about American Jews

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**Created:** [May 28, 2018, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-pm-quote-about-american-jews/814962 "2018-05-28T13:18:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-pm-quote-about-american-jews/814962/21 "2018-05-29T18:24:57Z")

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> [@Malthus](#):
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> Yup, it’s a commonplace. “Next year in Jerusalem!” is how the Passover Seder traditionally ends.
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> [L'Shana Haba'ah - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Shana_Haba%27ah)
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> What exactly this means of course varies from commentator to commentator, but the notion that Jews gain something from residence in what is now Israel clearly has religious roots that long predate political Zionism.
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> Religious Jews travelled to live in what is now Israel since the exile, for that apparent reason.

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