HIAS, formerly the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, saw its mission and fortunes shift after Trump slashed refugee resettlement during his first term
HIAS and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs said the platform was steeped in a racist conspiracy theory that veers into antisemitism
'We do not need to look too far back into our history to see what has happened when this country has turned its back on people,' said a HIAS official
'It’s not easy being a Jewish humanitarian organization at this point in history,' said Mark Hetfield, the chief executive of HIAS
The refugee advocacy group said it was forced into the move after discovering financial mismanagement
Some Jewish organizations said that an aid package for Israel was not worth the blow it dealt to the asylum system
Palestinian non-citizens in the United States are reportedly under consideration to be eligible for protected status
The letters were hidden in plain sight at Yad Vashem. Most of their writers’ families had never seen them. Until now.
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