Helene Meyers
By Helene Meyers
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Opinion Is Hillary Clinton The Jewish Scapegoat Of Our Time?
Like the overwhelming majority of Jewish women, I voted for Hillary Clinton. Her experience and competence as a Senator and Secretary of State, and then as a career politician who nonetheless seemed to believe in public service and democratic values earned my support. I was drawn to her lifelong insistence that women’s rights are human…
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Life ‘Are You Or Have You Ever Been A Zionist?’ A Letter To Chicago Dyke March
To the Chicago Dyke March organizers: “Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?” The House Un-American Committee (HUAC) routinely asked that question. The history of McCarthy-era witch-hunts shows that political litmus tests and coerced loyalty oaths serve to clean house, to delegitimize and expel undesirables. Not surprisingly, HUAC…
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