(JTA) — Lots of people have been comparing the government’s policy of separating families to the Holocaust. But Paul Krugman, the liberal’s liberal economics columnist at the New York Times, has a different Jewish historical analogy: He says the policy is like the age-old blood libel against the Jewish people. The blood libel is an…
Stephen Miller’s third grade classmate vividly remembers sitting next to him in school — divided by a piece of tape Miller put down to separate them. In an essay for Politico, John Muller recalls how it was hard to get through to young Miller, now a senior White House adviser known widely as the harsh…
While criticism of President Trump’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy remains strong, White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller reportedly has been enthusiastic about the results. “Stephen actually enjoys seeing those pictures at the border,” an outside White House adviser told Vanity Fair. “He’s a twisted guy, the way he was raised and picked on. There’s always…
Hundreds of people holding purple placards with messages including “This is what ‘Never Again’ looks like,” gathered outside the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in lower Manhattan Thursday evening to protest President Donald Trump’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy. The protest — organized by T’ruah and co-sponsored by groups including J Street NYC and Bend the…
When Sala Kirschner, formerly Sala Garncarz, was separated from her family in the midst of the Holocaust, she did not know when she would see them again. Kirschner and her family were stuck in a Jewish ghetto in occupied southwestern Poland’s Sosnowiec when Kirschner’s older sister, Raizel, was conscripted to work by the Germans. Kirschner…
NEW YORK (JTA) — A group of 10 rabbis has traveled to Texas to examine detention facilities for separated families on the border. The group, which is aiming to visit the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Centralized Processing Center on Thursday, includes rabbis from all four major Jewish religious movements and is part of a…
First Lady Melania Trump loves a good coat. To her husband’s inauguration, she wore a powder blue Ralph Lauren suit coat. In Italy, she chose a colorful Dolce & Gabanna jacket. She is known for draping coats imperiously over her shoulders — for this she likes Calvin Klein, Stella McCartney, Delpozo, Gucci, and Givenchy. It’s…
Hundreds of protesters descended on LaGuardia Airport to support migrant children arriving in New York City after President Donald Trump signed an executive order rescinding his family separation policy. Video showed immigrant supporters, led by groups including the progressive Jewish organization Bend the Arc, standing outside of a terminal while singing the Civil Rights-era song…
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