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immigration

Screenshot from "Prince of Egypt," as Moses begins to feel pangs of empathy for Hebrew slaves
Posted inPassover

Passover is a time to practice empathy for ‘the stranger’ among us

Rabbi Lavey Derby by Rabbi Lavey Derby April 15, 2019April 15, 2019
Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf with the leader of a collective of midwives in Guatemala
Posted inOpinion

Guatemalan midwives taught me the meaning of moral courage

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf February 20, 2019February 20, 2019
Torah ark key inscribed in Hebrew "gift to the great synagogue," Northern Italy, 1724-1725
Posted inCulture

With ‘Memory Objects,’ immigrants carried their own history

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller February 20, 2019February 22, 2019
Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island in 1915
Posted inUncategorized

My grandparents loved their adopted land. Would they feel safe in America today?

by David Waksberg January 14, 2019January 15, 2019
a man in a black t-shirt with a shocked expression on his face
Posted inTheater

Human stories of immigration in one-man show in S.F.

by Rob Gloster January 2, 2019January 11, 2019
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks during a naturalization ceremony at the rotunda of the National Archives in Washington, D.C., Dec. 14, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Alex Wong-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Ruth Bader Ginsburg swears in new immigrants, wows them with her story

by JTA and Ron Kampeas December 14, 2018
a woman with a "refugees welcome" sign shouts into a megaphone
Posted inNews

HIAS, immigrant aid group vilified by Pittsburgh gunman, vows not to back down

Ben Sales by JTA and Ben Sales October 30, 2018October 30, 2018
Posted inLocal Voice

Caravan of migrants? More like ‘huddled masses yearning to breathe free.’

Joel Kamisher by Joel Kamisher October 29, 2018October 29, 2018
Monica Nainsztein
Posted inNorthern California, News

This Latina Jew puts her skills as a translator to work on behalf of immigrants

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn October 25, 2018
Protesters at a Jewish rally at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in New York City demonstrate against the government’s border separation policy, June 21, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Ben Sales)
Posted inTorah

As we mourn on Tisha B’Av, look to Isaiah’s vision of a healed nation

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg July 19, 2018July 26, 2018

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