Why the US bill on Jewish refugees is a Good Thing

I haven't actually gotten around to blogging about this myself. But I did write a message about it to someone I will call X, which I then shared with some other people (while keeping my first corresponded anonymous).  Lyn Julius proposed posting it on her extremely valuable Point of No Return blog, an offer that I accepted with alacrity and appreciation.  So if you're interested, here's what I think about this:

Why the US bill on Jewish refugees is a Good Thing

—Jeff Weintraub