{"id":58725,"date":"2014-10-05T18:42:33","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T02:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=58725"},"modified":"2019-04-29T10:24:01","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T18:24:01","slug":"every-major-jewish-organization-supports-immigration-amnesty-including-the-orthodox-union-and-agudath-yisrael","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=58725","title":{"rendered":"Every Major American Jewish Organization Including The Orthodox Union And Agudath Israel Supports Immigration Amnesty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the past year, Israel<\/a> has cracked down<\/a> on illegal African immigrants<\/a>. They’re called infiltrators in Israel<\/a> and they’re getting caught and imprisoned<\/a> and then repatriated to Africa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I did a search of the Orthodox Union<\/a> and Agudath Yisrael<\/a> and I could find no condemnation of Israel for this.<\/p>\n

I am glad they don’t condemn Israel for this. I applaud Israel for this<\/a>. I just want the United States to behave the same way towards the people who infiltrate it.<\/p>\n

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Every major Jewish political organization supports immigration amnesty for illegal aliens<\/a>, including the Republican Jewish Coalition. These groups push immigration policies that will destroy my country. They have allied to hurt America no less than true-believing communists allied to support the dominion of the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n

Here is the position of Agudath Israel<\/a>: “Finally, in the area of immigration, Agudath Israel urges that American borders continue to be open to Jewish and other refugees who seek to come to the United States after escaping from oppressive political environments. The United States is a nation of immigrants and has long been distinguished by its generosity toward refugees from all across the globe. It is essential that such generosity continue to be maintained in today’s era of international volatility. Agudath Israel accordingly opposes any efforts to impose caps or quotas on refugees seeking safe haven in the United States. Agudath Israel further supports the provision of welfare benefits to needy non-citizen immigrants.”<\/p>\n

I suspect most American Jews loathe the idea of giving amnesty to people who came here illegally.<\/p>\n

When it comes to immigrating into the Jewish people, aka conversion to Judaism, the Orthodox Union and Agudath Yisrael support the strictest standards so that only the finest and most disciplined and most dedicated people can join. But when it comes to the United States, all major Jewish political organizations want to give amnesty to those who infiltrated the country illegally.<\/p>\n

Chaim Amalek says: “Your next step is to contact each of these Jewish orgianizations and ask them what they are doing to increase Israeli acceptance of African refugees from violence, poverty, and social injustice.”<\/p>\n

Report<\/a>: These Jewish organizations all demanded amnesty for undocumented immigrants in the United States, invoking the language of the Torah about our obligation to do kindness to the stranger in our midst. They have largely remained silent, however, in the face of Israel\u2019s rounding up and forcible deportation of African asylum seekers. They should all be held to account for their hypocrisy \u2013 especially because the Torah was referring to how we treat non-Jews in Israel, not the United States.<\/p>\n

National Organizations
\nAmerican Forum of Russian Jewry (AFRJ)
\nAmerican Jewish Committee
\nAnti\u2010Defamation League
\nBend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice
\nB\u2019nai B\u2019rith International
\nBukharian Jewish Congress of the USA and Canada
\nHIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society)
\nJewish Council on Public Affairs
\nJewish Federations of North America
\nKeshet
\nNational Council of Jewish Women
\nOrthodox Union
\nRabbinical Assembly
\nReconstructionist Rabbinical College
\nTikkun Olam Commission of the Jewish Reconstructionist Movement
\nT\u2019ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
\nUnion for Reform Judaism
\nUri L\u2019Tzedek
\nWomen of Reform Judaism<\/p>\n

Local Organizations
\nAJC Cincinnati
\nAJC Cleveland
\nAJC Houston
\nAJC Los Angeles
\nAJC New York
\nAJC Philadelphia\/Southern New Jersey
\nAnti\u2010Defamation League of Eastern PA and Southern NJ
\nCongregation Meor Hachaim of Luna Park (New York, NY)
\nFEGS Health & Human Services (New York, NY)
\nGreater Philadelphia Jewish Coalition on Immigration
\nHIAS Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
\nIndianapolis Jewish Community Relations Council
\nJewish Alliance for Law and Social Action (Boston, MA)
\nJewish Community Action (St. Paul, MN)
\nJewish Community Center at Starrett City (New York, NY)
\nJewish Community Relations Council of Philadelphia
\nJewish Council on Urban Affairs (Chicago, IL)
\nJewish Family & Career Services (Atlanta, GA)
\nJewish Family & Children\u2019s Service (Pittsburgh, PA)
\nJewish Family & Children\u2019s Services of the East Bay (Berkeley, CA)
\nJewish Family Service of Buffalo & Erie County New York
\nJewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts, Inc.
\nJewish Family Services (Ann Arbor, MI)
\nJewish Labor Committee Western Region (Los Angeles, CA)
\nJewish Social Policy Action Network (Philadelphia, PA)
\nJewish Vocational Service of MetroWest (East Orange, NJ)
\nJews for Racial & Economic Justice (New York, NY)
\nMassachusetts Board of Rabbis (Newton, MA)
\nNational Council of Jewish Women \u2010 Greater Philadelphia
\nNational Council of Jewish Women Texas State Policy Advocates
\nUJA\u2010Federation of New York
\nWomen of Vision (Philadelphia, PA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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