Jewish News of Northern California: "New House leadership may breathe life into Jewish domestic concerns"

This article is one of several that appears in the Jewish News under the heading "Jewish Victory." What are Jewish "domestic concerns"? After some discussion of who supports Israel, we read the following:

There are, however, some likely incoming committee chairmen who spark concern on certain issues, primarily because of their opposition to Israel’s settlement policy. At the same time, these lawmakers often see eye-to-eye with the Jewish communal agenda on domestic issues . . .

On the domestic front, some Jewish organizational leaders expressed optimism about focusing on longtime domestic priorities.

“One of the first pieces I expect them to bring up is a clean increase of the minimum wage,” said Hadar Susskind, Washington director of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs. By clean, he meant the bill would not be lumped in with other Republican-sponsored tax-cut initiatives.

The initiative would be led by Conyers. Conyers’ committee is also expected to play a large role in the continuing debate over immigration debate. Jewish groups and their allies have had a hard time pushing comprehensive immigration reform in recent years, due to strong opposition from House Republican leaders.

Susskind said he believes an immigration deal could be worked through the Senate if it passes the House.

“We’re now in a situation where the House will be putting forward a more comprehensive approach, and the Senate has to work with that,” he said. “That’s a whole different situation.”

A "comprehensive approach" means amnesty, I suppose. I am not the most gung-ho conservative that ever lived on the subject of immigration, but it is hard to see what is "Jewish" about these "domestic concerns" other than liberalism.

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