ABSTRACT
This chapter examines immigration policies in the Jewish-majority State of Israel and those of the diasporic Jewish community of the United States, both with similar-sized Jewish populations. In the former, decisions, especially those focused on its Palestinian minority, are made by the governing Jewish coalition as state policy; in the latter, Jewish institutional leaders and organizations speak for a vulnerable Jewish minority as they engage in influencing public policy. Both use interpretations of ancient texts to justify contemporary immigration policies with what are often contradictory results.
