March 30, 2008

Broadcast Date: 
Mar 30 2008

Amtrak and Greyhound enable federal immigration agents to inspect passengers; the Jewish Awareness Movement brings aggressive religious outreach to college campuses; and a cantor's journey from the world of popular performance to the synagogue.

Episode segments
  • ICE inspects Amtrack and Greyhound passengers
    National Politics, Domestic Policy, Civil Rights
    Maria Muentes, Families for Freedom
    Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark and Abe Velez

    Maria Muentes of Families for Freedom reports that Amtrak and Greyhound have been allowing agents for Immigration and Customs Enforcement  (ICE) to launch surprise inspections of passengers travelling through upstate New York.  Passengers who cannot provide evidence that they in the U.S. legally are detained and some have been put into deportation proceedings.

  • Jewish Awareness Movement
    Religion, Jewish Life
    Amanda Milstein, New Voices
    Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark

    The Jewish Awareness Movement aims to engage Jewish college students--especially those who are unaffiliated with little or no Jewish background--in ultra-Orthodox practice.  Amanda Milstein interviewed some of these students and describes JAM's aggressive tactics.

  • From the Stage to the Bima
    Religion, Music, Jewish Life
    Shira Ginsberg, is a cantorial student at East End Temple in Manhattan.
    Abe Velez

    Cantorial Student Shira Ginsburg was an actor and singer until she realized that she needed more meaning in her life, so she began cantorial studies at Hebew Union College.