I’m Haitian and Jewish. I refuse to have my identities be weaponized.
The right-wing incitement against immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, shows the importance of solidarity, writes Bend the Arc’s chief program officer
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Fast Forward Springfield, Ohio, rabbi will meet with local Haitian leaders after disparaging community
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Fast Forward During debate, Trump raises a conspiracy about immigrants eating cats. Is it the new blood libel?
A niche conspiracy about Haitian immigrants stealing people's pets spread online over the weekend — and somehow made it to a national stage
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Fast Forward White Nationalists Just Loved Trump’s ‘Shithole’ Comment
President Trump may have come under fire for his comment referring to Haiti and African nations as “shithole countries,” but for white nationalists, he struck just the right tone. The Anti Defamation League collected some of the reactions in the far-right twittersphere, where Trump’s remarks were yet another reason to celebrate the president. For alt-right…
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Breaking News Jewish Aid Group Races To Help Hurricane-Stricken Haiti
— The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee is providing aid to Haiti after a hurricane caused widespread damage in the Caribbean country. The Jewish humanitarian group, partnering with the on-the-ground relief organization Heart to Heart International, is focusing on providing medical aid and serving the basic needs of those affected by Hurricane Matthew, according to a…
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Opinion Did Michael Oren Concoct Haiti Earthquake ‘Kick in Chest’?
(JTA) — It’s a compelling hero-takes-the-fall narrative: Valiant little country takes the lead in rescuing a battered people and gets snubbed when it’s time for kudos. It’s the picture Michael Oren, the former Israeli ambassador to the U.S., paints of Israel’s 2010 Haiti rescue operation in “Ally,” his book excoriating President Barack Obama’s treatment of Israel….
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Opinion Baghdad Ranked ‘Worst City in World’ to Live In
Boy aims toy gun at wreckage of a Baghdad car bombing, one of 9 across Iraq that killed 14 on March 5. And that wasn’t Iraq’s worst day in March. / Getty Images Mission Accomplished: Just in time for the 11th anniversary of America’s war to liberate Iraq, a leading global business consulting firm comes…
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Food Facing a Food Crisis: The Ingenuity of Haitian Farmers
With Passover around the corner, many of us are poised to recite the words, “Let all who are hungry come and eat.” But when nearly 1 billion people around the world are hungry or malnourished, these words become acutely daunting—particularly for communities recovering from disasters. More than three years after a major earthquake ravaged Haiti,…
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