Now that the agreement with Iran is no longer a part of the daily news cycle, how will our major Jewish organizations and institutions re-connect with so many of their own constituents who don't share their perspective on how the security of the Middle East should be negotiated? How will they be able to say that they represent the opinions of so many with whom they clearly disagree? And what steps will they take to try to welcome back so many disenfranchised Jews, for whom they chose not to speak, into what has always been represented as a big tent with room for all?
The scorched earth approach to debating the pros and cons of the Iran deal has left many American Jews feeling that Judaism's big tent is not quite as big as has been previously described. How our institutions and organizations choose to mend the rift that they themselves have created will demonstrate much about their future relevance and viability.