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JINSA leads Hispanic group to Israel

The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs is sending 16 U.S. Hispanic leaders to Israel. The group, leaving this Saturday, will meet \”with police and military personnel, business leaders, religious figures and government officials, including President Shimon Peres,\” according to a JINSA release.\n

Born in East L.A.

The East L.A. community of Boyle Heights has always been a neighborhood dominated by immigrants. Today, it\’s a poor Hispanic neighborhood. But Hershey Eisenberg, 75, remembers a different Boyle Heights: It was during the Great Depression, when the community was poor and Jewish, but the sense of community was very rich.

Forging a New Vision

While visiting Ellis Island at the turn of the 20th century, Henry James wondered how the sweeping tide of immigrants would ultimately affect \”the idea of\” America. Comparing the incorporation of foreigners to sword- and fire-swallowing feats at a circus, James reflected on what it meant for America to share its patrimony with those \”inconceivable aliens.\”

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