Category Archives: Jews

It’s Lobbying, but Is It Really pro-Israel?

M.J. Rosenberg wrote for Haaretz in 2007: Critics of “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy” by John J. Mearsheimer and Steven M. Walt (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), cannot be surprised that the attacks on the book prior to publication … Continue reading

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John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt – The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy

I was impressed by this presentation by the two political scientists. At the end, John J. Mearsheimer says: “The United States would care about Iran acquiring nuclear weapons even if there was no state of Israel. There are two reasons … Continue reading

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Giving Up The Burden Of White Privilege

Troubled Conservative gay rabbi (who came out when he had three teenage kids and a wife) writes in the Washington Post: Jews in America struggled for decades to become white. Now we must give up whiteness to fight racism. Let’s … Continue reading

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JTA: Jewish groups praise immigration reform proposals

From JTA Jan. 30, 2013: Mark Hetfield, interim president and CEO of HIAS, an organization that deals with migration and refugee resettlement, said he “is more encouraged than we have been in years that our leaders will finally create a … Continue reading

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JJ: Channeling Purim’s Esther, Jewish women fast for immigration reform

JewishJournal.com March 13, 2014: While many devout Jews across the United States and elsewhere observed the pre-Purim tradition of fasting on Thursday, March 13, more than 200 Jewish women and men are going without food today for a different cause: … Continue reading

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Central American immigrants’ story reflects Jews’ past

“David A. Lash is an attorney in Los Angeles, serving as the managing counsel of pro bono and public interest services at O’Melveny & Myers LLP. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Association of … Continue reading

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Jewish values inspire immigration reform

Rabbi Ron Stern writes: “The Jewish community has benefited beyond measure from the immigration policies of this nation, which allowed Jews to immigrate to these shores for centuries. We are compelled to act because we remember our core story: We … Continue reading

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Swedish Jew Goes All Out Against Her Own Government

If Jews in the West are once again thrown into a pit of death, you can thank Jewish activists such Annika Hernroth-Rothstein. Declaring war on your host nation can often propel host nations to go to war on your tribe. … Continue reading

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ILLEGAL ALIEN CRIME ACCOUNTS FOR OVER 30% OF MURDERS IN MANY STATES

Tom Tancredo writes for Breitbart: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump deserves credit for forcing all 17 Republican candidates to talk about the social costs of illegal immigration, but it is not “Trump’s issue.” We will be making a fatal mistake … Continue reading

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Father of Woman Killed by Illegal Immigrant in San Francisco Shares Her Heartbreaking Last Words

From TheBlaze.com: “Help me, dad.” Those are the last words Jim Steinle said he heard from his daughter Kate before police say she was fatally shot by Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, an illegal immigrant who had already been deported several times. “Suddenly, … Continue reading

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