March 23, 2010

Letters to the Editor: US-Israel Crisis, Prager, American Jewry

Jewish Journal March 23, 2010

Prejudice in the ‘Hood\n\nIn my childhood in Miami Beach, there were neighborhoods where Jews could not live, and the same was true in some other cities. Now, that is the attitude of Arabs in Jerusalem. I am surprised to see the Obama administration criticizing Israel for the crime of building housing for Jews in \”gentiles-only\” neighborhoods (“U.S.-Israel Crisis: This Time, It’s Serious,” March 19). After all, people with Obama’s skin color have suffered decades of similar discrimination in our country.

At AIPAC, Clinton gets friendship, Bibi gets love

Jewish Journal March 23, 2010

Hillary Rodham Clinton to AIPAC: We\’ll keep complaining about building in Jerusalem.

Peacenik Einstein and the Nuke Fluke

Melanie Chartoff March 23, 2010

Los Angeles health care leaders react positively to bill passing

Jewish Journal March 23, 2010

Following hours of debate and more than a year of bitter partisan fighting, the House approve a health care bill Sunday night by a 219-212 vote that will provide insurance to millions of Americans. Several of the votes that tipped the scales came in on Sunday afternoon as abortion foes agreed that their demands had been met, and that the bill clearly stated that no public funding would be provided for abortion. The bill will affect the way health care is provided and received locally and nationally, and its passage touched on many providers’ hopes that care will be more readily available to those who need it.

Waxman on health care

Tom Tugend March 23, 2010

Rep. Henry A. Waxman, one of the key movers in the passage of the Health Care bill, considers it appropriate that the victory was won in the House of Representatives one week before the Passover Seder. \”The meaning of the Seder is that no one should be left behind,\” the Los Angeles Democrat told The Journal in a call from Washington. \”It means that everyone should have a seat at the table, that everyone should partake in the afikomen of freedom. On the secular level, that is what the Health Care means to millions of Americans,\” he said.