Abby Alfred is a strategic consultant based in Portland. She has lived in Jerusalem where she worked with both Israeli and Palestinian organizations, including dialogue and peace building organizations. My husband and I have been trying to navigate raising Jewish children within a landscape of institutions that have been at odds with what we’re looking for in community. The two of us grew up very engaged with our respective Jewish communities; to be without this for our children is a loss felt by each of us. So, the recent letter from institutional Jewish leaders calling upon political leaders to reject...