HANGING THE ISRAELI FLAG--AN IDEA THAT WON'T FLY: From JTA: To fly or not to fly? U.S. Jews debate hanging Israel's flag:

When Rabbi Serena Eisenberg took over as the Hillel director at Brown University in the fall of 2005, she was surprised there wasn't an Israeli flag in the group's building.

Eisenberg thought one should go up. But the issue proved divisive among students.

"The Israeli flag is a potent symbol with many different meanings for different people," said Benj Kamm, who was then the Hillel student president. "Most people, but not all, agreed that the flag was an Israeli nationalist symbol, although people disagreed about to what extent we as a Jewish community were obligated to support Israel, and in what ways."

Some students wanted a flag; others didn't. The important thing, Kamm said, was to keep the discussion open.

Kind of makes you wonder how it is that American support for Israel is as high as it is.

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