But absent grounding in concern and care for our own people, it’s not Jewish universalism — it’s just universalism. It’s Kantian. So what we did well is we conveyed all of those values that we consider central to us — justice, righteousness, mercy, compassion, peace, freedom — but we did not convey well enough the essential bonds that Jews have to other Jews.

we taught our kids all these cool values AND THEY BELIEVED IT, THE LITTLE IDIOTS!