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US-Mexico border

Man looks through hole in a wall
Posted inOpinion

Our history and values compel us to speak out for asylum seekers

by Rabbi Mona Alfi, Rabbi Julie Bressler, Rabbi Chaim Koritzinsky, Rabbi Jill Perlman and Rabbi Jeremy Simons February 29, 2024March 1, 2024

“No one leaves home Unless home is the mouth of a shark” These words, from the poem “Home” by British-Somali poet Warsan Shire, speak to the many stories we witnessed […]

U.S.-Mexico border at Nogales. (Rokeya Akhter)
Posted inLocal Voice

What kind of country does this?

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg February 18, 2020February 18, 2020
"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
Rabbi Lee Bycel (right) with Juan, a deported man he met in Tijuana
Posted inLocal Voice, Rosh Hashanah, Holidays, Yom Kippur, Opinion

Bearing witness to injustice as we approach High Holidays

Rabbi Lee Bycel by Rabbi Lee Bycel August 31, 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
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
Children and workers at a tent encampment recently built near the Tornillo Port of Entry in Tornillo, Texas, June 19, 2018 (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Posted inColumns

Looking to a 16-year-old border detainee for a ray of humanity

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein June 25, 2018

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