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Category Archives: Immigration
Love The Stranger
The Torah makes many sweeping declarations, including, “Love the stranger.” But the Torah tradition does not end there. It includes specifics on how this is to be done. You are not supposed to go out and practice Biblical texts any … Continue reading
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European rabbi calls on other community leaders to join humanitarian visit to Brussels refugee camp
The more Europe welcomes refugees, the more refugees they’ll get. The more a neighborhood takes care of the homeless, the more homeless they’ll get. The more you subsidize a behavior, the more of that behavior you’ll get. Would you like … Continue reading
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Report: Moved by own history of woe, Italy’s Jews extend refugees an open hand
Remembering one’s group suffering is more likely to predispose you to take care to preserve your group rather than to expend resources to help your enemies. Israel, for instance, has no desire to take in these Syrian migrants. I wonder … Continue reading
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Europe Abolishes Itself
Notice how few rabbis are calling for Israel to weaken itself by taking in Syrians who hate it. They only prescribe that for the goyim. REPORT: France is ready to take in 24,000 refugees as part of European Union plans … Continue reading
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JTA: French chief rabbi calls for solutions for Mideast refugees
As an increasing number of Jews are murdered by Muslims in America and Europe, I hope we will remember those Jewish leaders who pushed for increased Islamic immigration. If you go into your bedroom and find it filled with poisonous … Continue reading
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Rabbi: Refugees a sign of unraveling world order
Rabbi Abraham Cooper and Harold Brackman write: The promise of Tahrir Square is but a distant memory as the largest Arab nation is now led by a president whose goal is economic growth and stable security. Otherwise, the region is … Continue reading
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Progressive Rabbi Wants To Reframe Immigration Discussion Away From Costs & Benefits To Host Country
From the rabbi’s blog: “Rabbi Neil Janes is Director of the Lyons Institute and member of the rabbinic team of West London Synagogue. He is working towards a PhD in Jewish Thought through Haifa University. Lecturer at the Leo Baeck … Continue reading
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Japan Doesn’t Want Refugees
It’s a shame that Western nations are not as homogenous as Japan. Eamon Fingleton writes: As Third World migration increasingly dominates the headlines in the European Union and the United States, the rich nations of East Asia have been keeping … Continue reading
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Rabbis Helping Refugees
For self-interested reasons, Jews in Europe and America have often sided with the fringe against the core (Steve Sailer). Every Major American Jewish Organization Including The Orthodox Union And Agudath Israel Supports Immigration Amnesty. Israel is run to benefit the … Continue reading
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The Jerry Lewis Holocaust Film
Comments to Steve Sailer: * The (probably unreleaseable) Jerry Lewis film w/ the Holocaust setting is reputed to be tonally and substantively divergent from Benigni’s liberal-sensitive movie (which, oddly enough, no one today watches or talks about, other than to … Continue reading
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