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African refugees protesting outside the Holot detention center in the southern Negev Desert, Feb. 18, 2014. (Photo/JTA-Ilia Yefimovich-Getty Images)
Posted inBay Area, Israel, U.S., News

Bay Area rabbis shout ‘No!’ to deporting Africans refugees from Israel

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 14, 2018March 19, 2018
A Jewish family in Jedrzejow, Poland, circa 1900 (Photo/JTA-Imagno-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

When Jews came from ‘shithole countries’

Ben Sales by Ben Sales January 12, 2018March 19, 2018
a huge pile of life jackets on a beach -- a goat stands nearby
Posted inLocal Voice

What I learned in the second-largest refugee camp in Greece

Lily Greenberg Call by Lily Greenberg Call November 29, 2017November 29, 2017
signs reads "we support our muslim neighbors"
Posted inNews

Jewish Family Services of Silicon Valley files suit to halt refugee ban

by J. Staff November 13, 2017March 19, 2018
Outside of Moria refugee camp on the second consecutive day of mass demonstrations over living conditions in the camp.
Posted inOpinion

Helpless in Lesbos: Small victories, short supplies and a ‘Theater of the Oppressed’

Hillel Zand by Hillel Zand September 28, 2017September 28, 2017
“Zander,” who fled from draconian anti-gay laws in his home country of Uganda, now resides in Berkeley. (Photo/Sophie Constantinou)
Posted inOpinion

Families with hearts of gold are helping us resettle refugees at JFCS East Bay

Amy Weiss by Amy Weiss August 14, 2017August 14, 2017
Subhi Nahas speaks at the S.F. Jewish Film Festival. (Photo/Pat Mazerra)
Posted inCulture

Syrian-born gay man adds his perspective to S.F. Jewish Film Fest screening

David-Elijah Nahmod by David-Elijah Nahmod July 28, 2017May 26, 2021
“Zander,” who fled from draconian anti-gay laws in his home country of Uganda, now resides in Berkeley. (Photo/Sophie Constantinou)
Posted inArt, Culture

These refugees are using objects to tell their tales of flight to the Bay Area

by Rob Gloster June 16, 2017June 16, 2017
Leno speaks at a podium flanked by supporters with signs about welcoming refugees
Posted inNews

Vigil at City Hall for refugees — past, present and future

max cherney by Max A. Cherney June 7, 2017June 8, 2017
all four stand on a beach surveying the scene, mounds of life preservers behind them
Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

How we, a Muslim and a Jew, bonded on our mission to Greece

Rabbi Jacqueline Mates-MuchinAbbas Moloo by Rabbi Jacqueline Mates-Muchin and Abbas Moloo May 23, 2017May 24, 2017

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