"America: The New Israel" proclaimed NY jewish newspaper after 9/11

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The front page headline of The New York Jewish Week, Sept. 14, 2001. (NYJW)

(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — One of the most controversial — and tone-deaf — front-page headlines to appear in The New York Jewish Week during the 26 years I served as editor (1993-2019) was published the morning after 9/11 — 20 years ago.

Across the top of the page, in moon landing-size bold type, it read: "America: The New Israel."

And underneath, in italics: "As fear and vulnerability grip U.S., will empathy with Jerusalem increase?"

How did Israel somehow take center stage in this American tragedy?

That tells it all, but, if you want to read the rest of the jewish blabber, go here:
After 9/11, I wrote a Jewish Week headline comparing the US to Israel. Here's why I regret it.
https://www.jta.org/2021/09/10/opinion/after-9-11-i-wrote-a-jewish-week-headline-comparing-the-us-to-israel-heres-why-i-regret-it