Haim Watzman When I met Jeff Heller during my first week at Duke University in 1974, I had little idea of who I was, where I was going, or even what I wanted to major in. Jeff had it all planned out—he was on his way to law school. But it was clear from the [...]
Jeff’s Ride for Human Rights
March 26th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Politics and Policy
Tags: human rights·Immigration·Refugees
Finance Minister to Expel Workers, Escape in Flying Saucer
April 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Finance Minister Roni Bar-On is preparing a plan to rid Israel of all illegal immigrants within five years, Ha’aretz reports. The story did not state that Bar-On will then escape Israel in a flying saucer piloted by three-eyed green men, but it could have. Bar-On has about as much chance of ending illegal economic immigration [...]
Tags: Bar-On·foreign workers·human rights·Immigration·labor·Noodle
The Land of Asylum
March 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
This idea that Israel should offer asylum to non-Jewish refugees – how new is that? Some crazy concept thought up by secular Tel Aviv liberals with no concern for Israel’s Jewish character? Actually, no. Just a bit older than that. After my post a few days ago on the need for a new policy on [...]
Tags: Darfur·Eritrea·Gittin·human trafficking·Immigration·Jewish state·Judaism·Ma'aleh Gilboa·Refugees·Sefer Hahinukh·slavery·Sudan

