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    The Borscht Belt Theory of Immigration

    The U.S. immigration system is a farce—and such small portions!

    byMichael Lind
  • Migrant farmworker at a demonstration in Washington, D.C., 1981
    Migrant farmworker at a demonstration in Washington, D.C., 1981
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    Immigration Has Winners and Losers

    It’s way more complicated than left versus right

    byMichael Lind
  • A political cartoon from 1883 aimed at wealthy businessmen Cyrus Field (1819-1892), Jay Gould (1836-1892), Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877), and Russell Sage (1816-1906). Laborers awash in a sea of hard times struggle to hold up the lumber, paper, and linen industries with low-wage jobs on their backs as the industrialists and their millions weigh them down.
    A political cartoon from 1883 aimed at wealthy businessmen Cyrus Field (1819-1892), Jay Gould (1836-1892), Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877), and Russell Sage (1816-1906). Laborers awash in a sea of hard times struggle to hold up the lumber, paper, and linen industries with low-wage jobs on their backs as the industrialists and their millions weigh them down.
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    Woke Inc.

    A seemingly socially conscious corporate America is not a new phenomenon. It’s a revival of an old one.

    byMichael Lind
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    Democrats Are Turning Immigration Into a Moral Ultimatum

    Why have attitudes on immigration gotten so much more radical in recent years? Hint: It’s not just Trump.

    byZach Goldberg
  • Michael Ripstein on patrol along the Egyptian border.(Courtesy Michael Ripstein)
    Michael Ripstein on patrol along the Egyptian border.(Courtesy Michael Ripstein)
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    Old Soldier

    A Long Island-born, middle-aged Israeli soldier patrols the Egyptian border on reserve duty—and reflects on two decades of civilian and military life

    byMichael Ripstein
  • Israeli musicians entertaining undocumented workers in southern Tel Aviv.(Eldar Baruch)
    Israeli musicians entertaining undocumented workers in southern Tel Aviv.(Eldar Baruch)
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    Healing

    This week’s parasha teaches the importance of helping those cast aside feel more welcome in the Jewish community. A Boston philanthropist and a Tel Aviv musician are both heeding that lesson.

    byLiel Leibovitz
  • Aliyah B's Operation Michaelburg delivering Iraqi Jews to Palestine in August 1947.(Israeli Air Force Archives)
    Aliyah B's Operation Michaelburg delivering Iraqi Jews to Palestine in August 1947.(Israeli Air Force Archives)
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    Sad Missions

    The spy novelist rediscovers Menahem Bader’s Aliyah B book, about the brave men and women who smuggled Jews from prewar Europe to Mandate Palestine

    byAlan Furst
  • Interior Minister Yishai last month.(David Buimovitch/AFP/Getty Images)
    Interior Minister Yishai last month.(David Buimovitch/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Israeli Minister Mocks To-Be-Deported Kids

    Shas chairman refers to ‘field trip’

    byMarc Tracy
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    Today on Tablet

    A new justice, arming Lebanon, and more

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