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Jul 7, 2018, 12:56 AM

Should the US "abolish" ICE, as many of those on the left are now advocating? Most news outlets have been bombarding us with negative stories about ICE, characterizing their operation as "heavy-handed" and "excessive" and even comparing the detention...

Jul 7, 2018, 12:56 AM

Should the US "abolish" ICE, as many of those on the left are now advocating? Most news outlets have been bombarding us with negative stories about ICE, characterizing their operation as "heavy-handed" and "excessive" and even comparing the detention...

Jul 6, 2018, 5:58 PM

Ride for the Future

Unlike all the other days of our vacation, as we woke up early last Thursday morning, dark clouds filled the sky. Over 200 of us met at the JCC in Krakow, Poland and boarded buses to bring us to...

Jul 4, 2018, 7:00 PM

William the witness: Why Prince’s Israel visit was so profound for Shoah education

“I am well aware that the responsibility falls now to my generation, to keep the memory alive of that great crime, as the Holocaust generation passes on. And I commit myself to doing this.” These powerful words came from the future...

Jul 2, 2018, 7:24 AM

Facing the Holocaust: American Jewry Is Overdue for a Reckoning

Over the years it has become increasingly prevalent for individuals to compare people, groups, and events to Hitler, the Nazis, and the Holocaust. Beyond just condoning this, American Jews are often the ones making these claims, using the memories...

Jun 30, 2018, 9:50 PM

The Decline of Civility and Respect

I don't know about you, but I am very disturbed by a certain trend in America, particularly with respect to politics. Americans have always thrived on having a healthy discourse among themselves with respect to political issues. Often, we...

Jun 29, 2018, 6:26 PM

Thankful that Poland has changed its mind

Well, after months of trying to defend an indefensible law, Poland has rolled back the so-called “Polish Holocaust Law,” which made it a criminal offense to discuss Polish involvement in the Holocaust, punishable by up to three years in...

Jun 29, 2018, 5:58 PM

The number on my arm

The ACLU legal aid's phone number, written on Shira Pruce's forearm with a red sharpie, June 28, 2018. (Courtesy, Shira Pruce).

I know what my children and grandchildren will say about me when they speak of these dark times

Jun 28, 2018, 4:04 PM

Historical Truth Should not be a Political Bargaining Chip

It seems that negotiations with Israel and pressure from international organizations have paid off: Poland is “softening” its sixth-month old “Holocaust Law”, which criminalizes accusing the Polish nation of complicity in the Nazi crimes, mainly by tossing out the...

Dana Janine Diamond

Jun 28, 2018, 4:03 PM

America’s Farewell to Judeo

I conducted research on this since the election. A lot of people voted for Trump because they wanted Gorsuch, because their Christian religion values embryos equally or even over actual human life. This is not true in the Jewish...

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