Topic: Volunteers

Sep 15, 2017

More than 50 young professionals from across the Washington D.C. area gathered in front of the U.S. Capitol.

Sep 12, 2017

Matching the story of the Jewish village of Anatevka with the 136-year-old global Jewish nonprofit that protects refugees was a no-brainer.

Aug 14, 2017

“It's always easier to understand the unfamiliar when you sit down and break bread together.”

Jul 31, 2017

“Before we would sit around and talk about who we are and what we stand for. Now we have been able to act.”

Jul 12, 2017

We studied, we planned and we explored how we could help a Syrian family. What I could not envision was how they would help me.

Jul 3, 2017

...HIAS Program Specialist Isabel Burton, she contacted the Synagogue Coalition for the Refugee and Immigration Crisis, a group of more than a dozen Manhattan synagogues that has mobilized thousands of...

Jun 14, 2017

Melinda Menzer, an English professor at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, swam 9.2 miles in the Tennessee River on Sunday, June 4 to raise money for HIAS.

Apr 28, 2017

In honor of National Volunteer Week—a special opportunity each year to thank volunteers who lend themselves to support causes they care about—HIAS is recognizing some of the incredible people sharing their time and talent.

Apr 19, 2017

“It seemed tailor-made, to do something that I would really enjoy and I could add value to,” said Fisher, who holds an MBA and a degree in accounting. “I thought it would be fun, and also very, very worthwhile.”

Apr 6, 2017

...of asylum decisions in Immigration Court by TRAC Immigration found that, on average, asylum applicants with a lawyer win about 51.5% of their cases while those without a lawyer win...