Illegal aliens; Dems and Reps; Shocked, just shocked!
Jewish Journal
September 21, 2006
Letters to the Editor.
Category
liberal
Don’t Discard Liberal Jewish Groups
David Pine
August 3, 2006
Gary Wexler levels the charges that Americans for Peace Now (APN), along with other organizations associated with American Jewish liberals, are obsolete. He writes that
we are ignoring the \”real\” threats facing Israel such as those emanating from Syria and Iran, that we are out of touch with the mainstream for questioning the efficacy of Israel\’s current military actions in Lebanon and Gaza, that we are wrong to believe a peace partner exists on the other side and that our \”knee-jerk\” reactions and inability to recognize and react to the redefining of American Jewish support for Israel will prove to be our ultimate downfall.
Letters to the Editor
Jewish Journal
August 3, 2006
Letters to the editor: Bush administration\’s failure to deal with violence in the Middle East; maintaining Jewish unity instead of deference to the Jewish Left; Torah portion by Rabbi Lisa Edwards on Leviticus; response to Michael Steinhardt on Jewish philanthropy; and more.
Jewish Voters to Play Key Primary Role
Raphael J. Sonenshein
June 1, 2006
Democratic districts on Los Angeles\’ Westside and in the Valley, next week\’s primary will not only determine the Democratic winner but also the person who will almost certainly win in the fall\’s general election. And Jewish voters, who are overwhelmingly Democratic, will play a key role in the outcome.
Spectator – Spin-Doctors of the Revolution
Steven Rosen
April 13, 2006
While a student at Columbia School of Journalism, Rachel Boynton saw a film about the history of 20th century nonviolent conflict that included a segment on how American consultants had gone to Chile in 1990 to produce TV ads for a successful campaign to end Gen. Augusto Pinochet\’s long autocratic presidency.
Jewish Groups Take Pro-Immigrant Stand
Robert David Jaffee
April 6, 2006
You didn\’t see many Jews amid the sea of Mexican and American flags during the recent pro-immigrant rallies that filled city streets, but Jews and Jewish groups, in largely liberal Los Angeles, have been advocating on behalf of immigrants, mostly outside the view of television cameras.
U.S. Left May Be Turning Against Israel
Joel Kotkin
August 18, 2005
For years, American Jews, including liberals, have watched in astonishment as Europe\’s left-wing media, academic and political elites have turned decisively against Israel and, to some extent, Jews, as well.
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Rabbi Karen Deitsch
March 31, 2005
\”What do you do?\” I ask. He\’s in computer programming. Wonderful. Can\’t make too much conversation out of that answer. I try my best. It lasts all of two minutes. And then it happens: he asks the same of me.
When Jews Lose
Joel Kotkin
March 17, 2005
The narrow defeat of mayoral candidate Robert Hertzberg marked a signal defeat not only for Los Angeles but for the future of Jewish influence in Los Angeles.
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