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Why Do American Jews Support Bigger Government?

Dennis Prager writes: One day, the descendants of this generation of American Jews will regret what their ancestors supported. As difficult as it is for many Jews to imagine, American Jews will not be on the left forever. Two hundred … Continue reading

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Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California

My favorite part of this biography by Hellman’s great-great-granddaughter Frances Dinkelspiel came on page 181. It describes how affluent German Jews in the San Francisco Bay Area reacted with ambivalent feelings to the arrival of Russian Jewish immigrants. Why were … Continue reading

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The Twlight of the Luftmenschen

ChaimAmalek:  This is the twilight of the Luftmenschen. YourMoralLeader:  what are Luftmenschen? ChaimAmalek:  A yiddishism….someone who seems to live on air ChaimAmalek:  A trader who trades in the trades of others ChaimAmalek:  Or who takes a bunch of mortgages, bundles … Continue reading

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