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Category Archives: Immigration
JTA: Jewish groups praise immigration reform proposals
From JTA Jan. 30, 2013: Mark Hetfield, interim president and CEO of HIAS, an organization that deals with migration and refugee resettlement, said he “is more encouraged than we have been in years that our leaders will finally create a … Continue reading
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Jews and Immigration
Immigration activist Jeffrey Kaye writes for the Jewish Journal: In a 2007 book chapter, “Were Jews Political Refugees or Economic Migrants?,” UCLA economics professor Leah Platt Boustan provides a painstakingly thorough debunking of the “common belief that the exodus from … Continue reading
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Immigration Reform: A Jewish Imperative
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz writes: We must remember as a nation the timeless rabbinic teaching, “Do not judge your fellow until you stand in his place” (Pirke Avot 2:4). We must not attack undocumented workers with the harmful, hateful rhetoric … Continue reading
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JJ: Channeling Purim’s Esther, Jewish women fast for immigration reform
JewishJournal.com March 13, 2014: While many devout Jews across the United States and elsewhere observed the pre-Purim tradition of fasting on Thursday, March 13, more than 200 Jewish women and men are going without food today for a different cause: … Continue reading
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Vatican Has Stricted Immigration Policy In The World
Comments at the Chateau: * Go there and see for yourself. I have, it’s an amazing place. The Catholic church carried western culture for centuries. Without it, some of the greatest works of art in existence would not have been … Continue reading
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Simon Wiesenthal Center Rabbis Support Strong Borders For Israel, But No Borders For America
Rabbis Abraham Cooper and Yitzhok Adlerstein write Sept. 21, 2015 for The Jerusalem Post: “There is no wiggle-room concerning the consequences of a one-state solution. Combined with a right of return for millions of Palestinians living for decades in Muslim … Continue reading
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Central American immigrants’ story reflects Jews’ past
“David A. Lash is an attorney in Los Angeles, serving as the managing counsel of pro bono and public interest services at O’Melveny & Myers LLP. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Association of … Continue reading
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Jewish values inspire immigration reform
Rabbi Ron Stern writes: “The Jewish community has benefited beyond measure from the immigration policies of this nation, which allowed Jews to immigrate to these shores for centuries. We are compelled to act because we remember our core story: We … Continue reading
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Swedish Jew Goes All Out Against Her Own Government
If Jews in the West are once again thrown into a pit of death, you can thank Jewish activists such Annika Hernroth-Rothstein. Declaring war on your host nation can often propel host nations to go to war on your tribe. … Continue reading
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American Jews must speak out for Haitians in Dominican Republic
I hope a dozen Haitian teenage boys move into Rush Messinger’s home and a hundred move on to her block so she can personally receive the benefits of Haitian immigration. “Ruth W. Messinger is president of American Jewish World Service, … Continue reading
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