Out of the loop

I will try to be as neutral as I can, though it seems impossible in this space.

A lot of Jewish people live outside of Israel for reasons going way back in history, we won't get into the details of that now. Many of them remain closely tied with family / community / culture / religious practices & beliefs in Israel. These folks are sometimes called the Diaspora.

Some of them live in the United States (and are US citizens) and some of them are very successful / influential. Like almost any other demographic group, some of them can be found on the boards of colleges and universities, corporations, etc.

And some of these folks are still very much invested in Israel and care about what is going on over there, like other folks in the Diaspora.

I hope that helps. I am not taking a side with this answer, just trying to provide some general context on the how we got here.