{"id":83336,"date":"2015-12-25T14:31:44","date_gmt":"2015-12-25T22:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=83336"},"modified":"2023-09-07T04:16:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T12:16:19","slug":"tucson-rabbis-ask-ducey-to-rescind-refugee-ban-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=83336","title":{"rendered":"Tucson Rabbis Ask Ducey to Rescind Refugee Ban Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Arizona Public Media<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\nThe Tucson Board of Rabbis this week sent a letter to Gov. Doug Ducey asking him to reverse his stand on barring Syrian refugees from entering Arizona. Nancy Montoya talks with Rabbi Samuel Cohon of Temple Emanu-El about why he joined every Rabbi in Southern Arizona in signing the letter.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all as Jews we understand what it means to be refugees perhaps better than any other people in history,\u201d Cohon said.
\nCohon joined 10 other southern Arizona rabbis in sending a letter to the governor asking him not to give in to fear.
\n\u201cWe are all immigrants, and most of us were refugees when we came to America,\u201d Cohon said.
\nMore than 30 other governors also asked that Muslim refugees from Syria not to be sent to their states.
\n\u201cThe bad news is that our own state\u2019s governor chose to join that mistaken parade,\u201d Cohon said.
\nSo far, the governor\u2019s office has not responded to the rabbis. Cohon says the group will continue lobbying.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I would love to see these rabbis house Muslims in their own homes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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