At that moment, Treinkman couldn’t help but think: This is not my home anymore. 

“The irony is that they hate Israel,” Treinkman said of the pledge supporters, “but they’re leaving us with exactly one option: Move to Israel.” 

“A small, late-night, non-binding town meeting vote should not be treated as a broad community mandate, especially on a divisive foreign-policy pledge that risks isolating Jewish residents and inflaming local tensions,” Mark Treinkman, the organization’s president, said by email.