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a woman carries a child away from a raft on a beach in Europe
Posted inLocal Voice

Learning from Germans: how not to be a bystander

Miriam Zimmerman by Miriam Zimmerman August 14, 2018August 16, 2022
Afghan immigrant children at Camp Nefesh, a Jewish-run day camp in Sacramento (Photo/Joan Cusik)
Posted inBay Area, Northern California

In Sacramento, a Jewish day camp for Afghan refugee kids

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn August 13, 2018August 14, 2018
Immigrants apprehended by Border Patrol seen at the Central Processing Center in McAllen, Texas, June 17, 2018. (Photo/U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
Posted inLocal Voice

Residency is the only moral reparation for separated families

Gayle Donsky by Gayle Donsky July 16, 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 inBay Area, U.S., California, News

Bay Area Jews head for the border for weekend protests

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky June 22, 2018June 22, 2018
Maayan Ravid with asylum seekers Aman, Dejen, Shishay and Sammy in Tel Aviv
Posted inNews

She’s fighting for Israel’s asylum seekers in the field and in the classroom

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 25, 2018
Thousands of African asylum seekers and human rights activists protest in Tel Aviv, Feb. 21, 2018 (Photo/JTA-Tomer Neuberg-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael at 70

There is no moral dilemma: Let the asylum-seekers stay!

Rabbi Lee Bycel by Rabbi Lee Bycel April 5, 2018
African migrants protesting in Tel Aviv, June 10, 2017 (Photo/JTA-Tomer Neuberg-Flash90)
Posted inOpinion

Israel, don’t shut the door in the faces of asylum seekers like me

Monim Harun by Monim Harun March 28, 2018April 2, 2018
Approximately 100 Jewish clergy and activists showing support for DACA at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., Jan. 17, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Melina Mara-The Washington Post)
Posted inOpinion

Why progressive rabbis make political issues part of their job

Rabbi Steven A. Fox by Rabbi Steven A. Fox March 25, 2018March 23, 2018
Fulbright scholars McCall Wells, left, and Danielle Elliott are organizing an interfaith seder at the Universidad Camilo José Sela in Villafranca del Castillo, Spain. (Photo/Melissa Marazas)
Posted inHolidays

Meet the Americans planning a Spanish university’s first-ever Passover seder

by Margarita Gokun Silver March 19, 2018March 19, 2018
Students and teachers protesting in Tel Aviv against the deportation of African asylum seekers, Jan. 24, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Tomer Neuberg-Flash90)
Posted inOpinion

Our parents fled their homes for a better life. Israel should welcome Africans who want to do the same.

Rachel BialeDavid Biale by Rachel Biale and David Biale February 23, 2018

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