In May of 2015, Senator Cory Booker was the keynote speaker at a Bergen County yeshiva’s annual scholarship reception here in New Jersey. Rabbi Shmuley

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Reviewing: “The Empty Wagon: Zionism’s Journey From Identity Crisis to Identity Theft,” By Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro. 2018. Hardcover. Primedia eLaunch LLC. ISBN-13: 978-1642555547. Imagine it’s