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Sep 10, 2015

A Reflection on Refugees for Rosh Hashanah

Sep 10, 2015

A Reflection on Refugees for Rosh Hashanah On Rosh Hashanah, we pause to reflect on our hopes for the year ahead. Because the Torah teaches over and over again that we should love the stranger in our midst, we hope for a good year to come not only for ourselves and our families but also for all those fleeing persecution in search of safety and freedom.

Sep 10, 2015

Jewish Week: Obama Agrees To Settle 10,000 Syrians; HIAS Wants 100,000

Sep 10, 2015

Jewish Week: Obama Agrees To Settle 10,000 Syrians; HIAS Wants 100,000 On Rosh Hashanah, we pause to reflect on our hopes for the year ahead. Because the Torah teaches over and over again that we should love the stranger in our midst, we hope for a good year to come not only for ourselves and our families but also for all those fleeing persecution in search of safety and freedom.

Sep 10, 2015

BuzzFeed: Refugee Advocates Say Obama’s Plan To Take In 10,000 Syrians Is Not Enough

Sep 10, 2015

BuzzFeed: Refugee Advocates Say Obama’s Plan To Take In 10,000 Syrians Is Not Enough On Rosh Hashanah, we pause to reflect on our hopes for the year ahead. Because the Torah teaches over and over again that we should love the stranger in our midst, we hope for a good year to come not only for ourselves and our families but also for all those fleeing persecution in search of safety and freedom.

Sep 9, 2015

KQED Radio: Should the U.S. Be Doing More to Help Solve the Syrian Refugee Crisis?

Sep 9, 2015

KQED Radio: Should the U.S. Be Doing More to Help Solve the Syrian Refugee Crisis? On Rosh Hashanah, we pause to reflect on our hopes for the year ahead. Because the Torah teaches over and over again that we should love the stranger in our midst, we hope for a good year to come not only for ourselves and our families but also for all those fleeing persecution in search of safety and freedom.

Sep 9, 2015

The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Jewish Sense of Responsibility

Sep 9, 2015

The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Jewish Sense of Responsibility On Rosh Hashanah, we pause to reflect on our hopes for the year ahead. Because the Torah teaches over and over again that we should love the stranger in our midst, we hope for a good year to come not only for ourselves and our families but also for all those fleeing persecution in search of safety and freedom.

Sep 9, 2015

World Politics Review: Why the U.S. Has Accepted So Few Syrian Refugees

Sep 9, 2015

World Politics Review: Why the U.S. Has Accepted So Few Syrian Refugees On Rosh Hashanah, we pause to reflect on our hopes for the year ahead. Because the Torah teaches over and over again that we should love the stranger in our midst, we hope for a good year to come not only for ourselves and our families but also for all those fleeing persecution in search of safety and freedom.

Sep 8, 2015

Time: How to Talk to Your Kids about Refugees

Sep 8, 2015

Time: How to Talk to Your Kids about Refugees On Rosh Hashanah, we pause to reflect on our hopes for the year ahead. Because the Torah teaches over and over again that we should love the stranger in our midst, we hope for a good year to come not only for ourselves and our families but also for all those fleeing persecution in search of safety and freedom.

Sep 5, 2015

Mark Hetfield on NPR: Europe, US Treating Crisis Like “Business as Usual”

Sep 5, 2015

Mark Hetfield on NPR: Europe, US Treating Crisis Like “Business as Usual” On Rosh Hashanah, we pause to reflect on our hopes for the year ahead. Because the Torah teaches over and over again that we should love the stranger in our midst, we hope for a good year to come not only for ourselves and our families but also for all those fleeing persecution in search of safety and freedom.

Sep 3, 2015

Legal Fellows Fight Eritrean Grandfather’s Detention

Sep 3, 2015

Legal Fellows Fight Eritrean Grandfather’s Detention Gebre* thought that fleeing the chaos in Eritrea would keep his family safe. That hope was shattered in July of 2012, when a Molotov cocktail was thrown into the Jerusalem apartment Gebre's daughter (seven months pregnant at the time) and son-in-law share. The two were badly injured and extremely traumatized. The attack was just one in a string of xenophobic attacks against African migrants in Israel.

Sep 3, 2015

Op-Ed: Migrants Aren’t Widgets

Sep 3, 2015

Op-Ed: Migrants Aren’t Widgets Gebre* thought that fleeing the chaos in Eritrea would keep his family safe. That hope was shattered in July of 2012, when a Molotov cocktail was thrown into the Jerusalem apartment Gebre's daughter (seven months pregnant at the time) and son-in-law share. The two were badly injured and extremely traumatized. The attack was just one in a string of xenophobic attacks against African migrants in Israel.

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