<p>American Jewry has long thrived in a society built on institutions. But today, we live in an anti-establishment age, where subtlety fuels suspicion and open displays of power are seemingly valued for their authenticity. In this environment, should America’s Jews think and act like a state, as Jordan Chandler Hirsch argues in his essay “The Need for a Jewish Sovereign Wealth Fund”? Or is this proposed cure an abandonment of the features that have long defined American exceptionalism — and the Jewish experience within it, as Roger Zakheim argues in response.</p><p><br></p><p>On December 8, SAPIR Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens moderated a conversation on the future of the American Jewish community in an anti-institutional era with Jordan Chandler Hirsch, senior counselor to the CEO of Palantir Technologies, and Roger Zakheim, director of the Ronald Reagan Institute Roger Zakheim.</p><p><br>Read Jordan Chandler Hirsch’s essay: <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsapirjournal.org%2Fmoney%2F2025%2Fthe-need-for-a-jewish-sovereign-wealth-fund%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cisaac.hart%40maimonidesfund.org%7C4469bd1a4acc4fca333c08de3cde9b83%7Cfacd90c05a6444fb89a9b66ca663c9b7%7C0%7C0%7C639015123941469633%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=hYkvSVuCow0ZssrVA38fJ2Z1lP%2BDaoJvSSscAuGlR3E%3D&reserved=0">https://sapirjournal.org/money/2025/the-need-for-a-jewish-sovereign-wealth-fund/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Read Roger Zakheim’s rebuttal: <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsapirjournal.org%2Fletters%2Fagainst-a-jewish-sovereign-wealth-fund-renewing-americas-covenantal-promise%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cisaac.hart%40maimonidesfund.org%7C4469bd1a4acc4fca333c08de3cde9b83%7Cfacd90c05a6444fb89a9b66ca663c9b7%7C0%7C0%7C639015123941488067%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=hrvFuerT7NG%2FLhvuBtRLuXiogrBnEZY4tBHRxbz3%2Bes%3D&reserved=0">https://sapirjournal.org/letters/against-a-jewish-sovereign-wealth-fund-renewing-americas-covenantal-promise/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Watch the virtual discussion: <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D5g51WmzVsNw&data=05%7C02%7Cisaac.hart%40maimonidesfund.org%7C4469bd1a4acc4fca333c08de3cde9b83%7Cfacd90c05a6444fb89a9b66ca663c9b7%7C0%7C0%7C639015123941501162%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=lETII224k%2B32wPWgcNMg9Mg67cqWBkVIfyQsV0p14wY%3D&reserved=0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g51WmzVsNw</a></p><p><br></p><p>Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuppbeat.io%2Ft%2Ftheo-gerard%2Fmonsieur-groove&data=05%7C02%7Cisaac.hart%40maimonidesfund.org%7C4469bd1a4acc4fca333c08de3cde9b83%7Cfacd90c05a6444fb89a9b66ca663c9b7%7C0%7C0%7C639015123941513685%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Oy4b68hFJPov%2BO6Q0s184WKoyLhZyZpv7yNf3jhfc8A%3D&reserved=0">https://uppbeat.io/t/theo-gerard/monsieur-groove</a><br></p>