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A destroyed Jewish clothing store in Magdeburg, Germany, after Kristallnacht, Nov. 11, 1938. (JTA)
Posted inOpinion

The glass is still breaking — remembering Kristallnacht in 2019

Rabbi Lee Bycel by Rabbi Lee Bycel November 7, 2019November 7, 2019
Officers taking a group of Central American asylum seekers into custody near McAllen, Texas, June 12, 2018. (Photo/JTA-John Moore-Getty Images)
Posted inLocal Voice

Fear, trauma and sickness: this migrant detention center is no summer camp

Shiriel King Abramson by Shiriel King Abramson November 5, 2019November 5, 2019
From the cover of “The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught in Between” by Michael Dobbs
Posted inOff the Shelf

New books: Detailed looks at WWII Jewish refugee crisis, and FDR

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman September 20, 2019September 20, 2019
a black man smiles, sitting in a wooden chair
Posted inBooks

Refugees’ stories illuminate universal pain of leaving home

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller September 18, 2019September 27, 2019
(From left) Izzy Ullmann, Lisa Karpanty, Peter Ullmann, Shanghailander Ilse Ullmann, Dan Ullmann, Evelyne Kende, Ray Kende at Congregation B'nai Emunah, Sept. 8, 2019 (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inBay Area

‘We Jews had nowhere to go’: Shanghailanders step into the spotlight to tell their stories

by Gabriel Greschler September 12, 2019September 23, 2019
two men walk through bleak rows of small white tents
Posted inHigh Holidays

High Holidays are a time to help refugees — including the one inside of you

Rabbi Lee Bycel by Rabbi Lee Bycel September 10, 2019September 9, 2019
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives to present the 2018 International Religious Freedom Report at the State Department in Washington, DC, on June 21, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Nicholas Kamm-AFP)
Posted inUncategorized, Bay Area

Bay Area Jewish orgs condemn Trump admin’s plan to admit no refugees in 2020

by Gabriel Greschler August 8, 2019August 8, 2019
“Moses Smiteth the Rock in the Desert,” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

Brave refugees reflect the Divine. They deserve our greatest care.

Rabbi Stacy Friedman by Rabbi Stacy Friedman July 12, 2019July 11, 2019
"Borders" by Lucía González Ippolito is one of the artworks removed from an exhibition at the JCC of San Francisco. (Courtesy/Ippolito)
Posted inBay Area

JCCSF accused of censorship in border art exhibit

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 18, 2019June 24, 2019
A woman in blue scrubs (Sandberg) stands next to another woman in blue scrubs wearing a stethoscope. they are standing outside of a small building labeled "pediatric ward." a local woman with a baby is walking into the building.
Posted inFirst Person

Lessons from practicing medicine in a refugee camp

Michelle Sandberg by Michelle Sandberg April 24, 2019April 24, 2019

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