To me, he has this awkward problem. As a Jewish writer who is very pro-Israel, he feels uncomfortable pointing out that Jews are better off in the US than in Israel. Feels to him like he’s ripping on the purpose of the Jewish state.
So he avoids saying that outright by sort of allowing rhetorically that it might be a “tie” as to which is better. But then goes on to point out all the reasons why the US is and has been.
From the article:
“Yet he taught his two sons — my older brother and me — to believe that we, as Americans, were the luckiest Jews in Jewish history.
With the obvious exception of Jews living in Israel, he was right.”
You said “he feels uncomfortable pointing out that Jews are better off in the US than in Israel.”
I’m not sure I see what you’re saying here.