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“Wherefore it is not astonishing that with a million Hebrews, mostly Russian, in the city (one quarter of its population), perhaps half the criminals should be of that race….” —New York City Police Commissioner Theodore A. Bingham. Published in an august magazine in September 1908, Commissioner Bingham’s words sent New York’s Jews into a tizzy […]
A Fable
Schloimie and Kreplach at the Movies
Confession
Who’s Afraid of Birthright? Re: “Selling Out My Birthright” (November/December 2003) I recently came across your article about Birthright in New Voices and I agree with it a great deal. When I was on a Birthright trip in Israel in June of 2002, I often got the feeling that Israel was being sold to us. […]
Who’s Afraid of Birthright? Re: “Selling Out My Birthright” (November/December 2003) I recently came across your article about Birthright in New Voices and I agree with it a great deal. When I was on a Birthright trip in Israel in June of 2002, I often got the feeling that Israel was being sold to us. […]
Sandi Dubowski’s “Trembling on the Road”
On a trip to the holy land, reality takes a vacation
“There Is an Alternative”
In the early hours of my first morning in Israel our guide took us straight from the airport to a lookout over the Judaean Hills. We all stood at the railing while Uri pointed out every town and explained some of their histories. The ten of us stood in silence. I wondered what I would […]