5779 Special Focus: Refugees and Immigrants

Welcoming the Stranger: Our Role as Jews in the Global Refugee Crisis With Rabbi Rachel Grant Meyer, Director of Education at HIAS:
   "As Jews, we are obligated to perform the mitzvah of Hachnasat Orchim -- welcoming the stranger. We brought that roommate from the West Coast home for Thanksgiving during college; we continue to open our Shabbat tables to friends and co-workers who are new in town. But what is our role in welcoming strangers on an international scale? What does Judaism have to say about our responsibility to welcome refugees to our country?"

 

 

• The Conservative Movement's Statement Condemning President Trump's Executive Order on Immigration and Refugees
• The JCRC's Response to the Refugee Crisis
• Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) issued a statement signed by over 1900 Rabbis, including our own Rabbi Rein, welcoming refugees

How you can get involved:

 

The global Jewish nonprofit that protects refugees whose lives are in danger for being who they are. To volunteer with HIAS, visit:

•   English language conversation partner

•   ENL/ESL Tutor

•   Program support volunteer

•   Career & College mentor

•   Volunteer translation & interpretation

 

 

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