Monthly Archives: December 2015

Is sociopathy an illness?

I wonder how many people who read this essay will grasp its implications? There’s no way that people who have evolved in different places are going to have identical abilities. Anthropologist Peter Frost writes: Is sociopathy an illness? We often … Continue reading

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Why Is AIPAC Silent on Syrian Refugees?

Like much of America, Jewish organizations have become increasingly inward and tribal over the past 40 years. Peter Beinart writes: Many American Jewish groups balance the Holocaust’s tribal and universal lessons. The most powerful one doesn’t even try. The last … Continue reading

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Why Russian-Jewish Refugees are Different From Syrian Refugees

Yuri Kruman writes: In a recent op-ed entitled “I’m a Russian-born American Jew. My people’s rejection of Syrian refugees breaks my heart,” Ilya Lozovsky slanderously paints all Russian Jews as fascist hypocrites for failing to join his crusade to resettle … Continue reading

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Israel Shows Us How To Deal With Unwanted Refugees

Israel is a light unto the nations with its serious commitment to its survival. Part of that commitment means keeping out people who are incompatible with a Jewish state. Would that America was similarly pragmatic. Black Africans are incompatible with … Continue reading

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Senate Dems meet with Jewish leaders, talk Iran and refugees

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Senate Democrats meeting with Jewish organizational leaders pledged to police the Iran nuclear deal and applauded Jewish backing for resettling Syrian refugees… The senators were moved by presentations on the refugee crisis by Mark Hetfield, the president … Continue reading

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