Opinion | When Not All U.S. Passports Are Created Equal
If Israel wants to discriminate against Palestinian Americans, that is its prerogative. But the United States can’t allow special rules for some U.S. citizens and not others.
Wisdom Project | Erika Hassan, 92
Born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, in 1931, Erika Hassan survived the Holocaust in the mountains before emigrating to the United States in 1946.
No, Jews Aren’t Being Erased—We’re Just Sharing the Pie
The numbers aren’t the problem with Savage’s argument: It’s the paranoid spin that’s unhealthy for the communal psyche.
Moment Memoir | Shame, Names and the Mengele Tractor Factory
I learned about the Mengele tractor factory in 1981 when I was trying to get from Denmark to Italy by rail. I simply could not...
Baltimore Jews Vow ‘Never Again’ in Protest Against ICE
In temperatures nearing 100 degrees, the Baltimore Jews Protest Against ICE rally marched through the annual Artscape festival in midtown Baltimore on Sunday to protest current immigration policy on the national and local levels.
Opinion | Americans Want an Immigration Fix
No one doubts that Donald Trump’s approach to immigration is two parts bombast, two parts cruelty and two parts fear. Other than a general antagonism to immigration, illegal or legal, from non-Nordic countries, he offers no serious or comprehensive plan to solve the real and continuing problems at our borders. Unfortunately, many Democrats have largely given up on any effort to do so either.
Jewish Groups Take on Family Separation
“You take a child away from their parents, from their home, from everything they know, and they are never the same.”
Moment Debate | ‘If People Can’t Get Across, They Won’t Have to be Arrested’
I think there should be a limit on immigration, but we shouldn’t restrict it to zero. I think we need to be smarter about its composition and prioritize people with skills that could help the economy.
Moment Debate | ‘Building a wall is fool’s gold’
America was conceived as a haven of refuge—Thomas Paine says so in Common Sense—for people fleeing from religious and political repression and violence all over the world. He said we would be an “asylum for mankind,” and he did not mean an insane asylum
After ICE Arrest, Baltimore Jews Ask: Can We Help?
“You just kind of show up to this office, almost like a doctor’s appointment, but you don’t know if at the end of the appointment you’re going to be able to go back to your family or if you’re going to go to prison.”
Israel and I: A Love/Hate Relationship
The Donald Trump victory is not only highly distressing to me as an American; it is troublesome because it portends to render peace in my beloved Israel more distant than ever.
Catholic Candidates, Voters and Contraception
By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil
From the announcement of President Obama’s controversial new contraception policy, to Rick Santorum’s unexpected triple-win on Tuesday—Catholics have determined this week’s news...