In Galveston, Texas, a refuge for Jews escaping pogroms — and perhaps a lesson for today’s ‘migrant crisis’
For Jewish immigrants, Galveston was once 'the Ellis Island of the West'
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Opinion Texas wants the Ten Commandments in each public school classroom. This is a blatant assault on religious liberty
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Opinion To end gun violence, look to the economics that helped end racial segregation
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Fast Forward Is a Texas bill requiring the Ten Commandments in public schools bad for the state’s Jews?
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