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11 Feb
History, Jewish World, Latest

Caribbean Kibbutz: How Racism Saved Hundreds of Jewish Refugees

Posted by author-avatar Bella Druckman
February 11, 2022
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The bustling Dominican beach town of Sosúa belies an almost-forgotten Jewish history
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21 Apr
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Israel’s Short Film Oscar Submission

Posted by author-avatar Dina Gold
January 7, 2022
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In her latest review, Film Editor Dina Gold discusses White Eye, a new Israeli short film about racism and prejudice.
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09 Mar
Daniel Pearl Investigative Journalism Initiative, Spring Issue 2020, World

The Yazidis: A Faith Without A Future?

Posted by author-avatar John Beck
December 22, 2021
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In 2014, ISIS forced them from their homes in Iraq. Many fled the country. The rest remain displaced, afraid to return home.
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19 Mar
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What I Learned by Teaching Hebrew to Asylum Seekers in Israel

Posted by author-avatar Josie Glausiusz
March 19, 2019
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When my friend Heidi Gleit asked last summer for volunteers to teach a weekly Hebrew reading-and-writing evening class to Eritrean and Darfurian asylum seekers in the Israeli town of Lod, I agreed immediately.
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22 Mar
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Why I’m Inviting an Asylum Seeker to My Seder

Posted by author-avatar Josie Glausiusz
March 23, 2018
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At every Passover seder of my childhood, my father Gershon Glausiusz would break the middle matzah, as the Haggadah instructed, place one half in an embroidered bag, and fling the bag over his shoulder, saying, “This is how we carried our possessions when we went into exile.” He was talking of his own deportation...
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12 Mar
2018 March/April, Israel, Jews & Civil Rights, Opinion

Opinion | Should Israel Deport African Asylum Seekers? | Yes, It Should

Posted by author-avatar Naomi Ragen
October 8, 2020
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We need to bear witness to the Talmudic dictum, “The poor people living in your own city come first.”
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12 Mar
2018 March/April, Jews & Civil Rights, Opinion

Opinion Debate | Should Israel Deport African Asylum Seekers? | No, It Shouldn’t

Posted by author-avatar Susan Silverman
October 8, 2020
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Let’s create forward-thinking models—and ambassadors of light from Israel to the world.
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08 Jan
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The Consequence of Conscience

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October 8, 2020
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In July 2015, as thousands of Syrians and others fleeing ISIS and civil war thronged into train stations in Germany, German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited...
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06 Mar
2017 March-April, World

Letter From New Haven: A Syrian Family in Trump’s America

Posted by author-avatar Ellen Wexler
October 9, 2020
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On election night, a group of Jews welcomed a Syrian family. Now they wonder what to say when the refugees ask: Will we be safe here?
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06 Mar
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Opinion // Why Sodom Was Destroyed

Posted by author-avatar Gershom Gorenberg
August 14, 2019
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Religious Jews should be first in line to help today’s refugees and strangers.
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05 Jul
2016 July-August, World

Opinion // Declaring the Rights of Migrants

Posted by author-avatar Konstanty Gebert
April 12, 2017
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Refugees are flocking to the European continent in ever-growing numbers, and Europeans show increasing resistance to accepting them.
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Ask the Rabbis // Refugees

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July 25, 2019
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What is our responsibility as Jews toward Syrian refugees?
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