In thinking about a column for the new year, I was intrigued with the idea of national resolutions, in addition to individual ones. Can an American commit to elevating their nation’s health with as much passion as elevating the health of their body? I like the concept of national resolutions, and I also like the concept of Jewish nationhood and peoplehood—the kind of borderless connection that inextricably links an ultra-Orthodox Jew in Azerbaijan with a totally assimilated Jew in Peru. Is it possible for Jews, who can’t seem to agree on anything, to strive for national resolutions as one people?...