Columns

Young and in Love -- With Israel and Its People

Just six years ago as a student at Columbia University, I remember the tremendous anti-Israel surge on our campus, and how many young, impressionable Jews took part in those protests. Shocked at one relatively involved friend who had joined up with the crowd, she reaffirmed for me -- much to my disbelief -- that she was proud of her Jewish...

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Where Was All the Commentary to Support an Embattled Israel?

By:

John Cohn and Gary Erlbaum

Last week saw an almost unprecedented global attack on Israel and its right to defend itself with military force. Broadcast, Internet and print media carried a wide variety of reports on Israel's actions to stop a flotilla attempting to run Israel's well-publicized blockade of Gaza. While Israel's government was initially slow in presenting the story, within hours of the violence...

Columns

At a Crossroads: How to Secure the Borders?

Fear Not the Outsider, for We, Too, Were Once Refused Entry to These Shores

By:

Judith Bernstein-Baker and Ilan Rosenberg

While much attention has been paid to the recently enacted Arizona law aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration, less well-known is that a similar law has been introduced in Pennsylvania. As Jews, we should oppose the law introduced by Rep. Daryl Metcalfe in the Pennsylvania legislature. The legislation, HB 2479, provides, among other things, that police who stop an...

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How Illegal Immigration Is Tearing Apart the Very Fabric of the United States

At a Crossroads: How to Secure the Borders?

By:

Benyamin Korn

Can American Jews, who have always embraced ethnic diversity and generous immigration policies, support legislation to curb illegal immigration? Yes, we can -- and we should. Traditional Jewish support for a liberal U.S. immigration policy has been rooted in two concepts: one practical, one idealistic. The practical is the need to shelter refugees from persecution; the idealistic is our vision...

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Support the Federal Gun Check Act, and Help Save Lives in the Process

By:

Burt Siegel

Clearly, there are public-policy issues in which intelligent people of goodwill will have strong differences of opinion. For instance, reasonable people can understandably disagree regarding the best way to improve the delivery of health care in our nation. But the U.S. Senate is now facing a vote on gun control, an issue that's hard to explain why total unanimity fails...