(JTA) — A synagogue in Olympia, Washington has become a haven for refugees. Temple Beth Hatfiloh, a Reconstructionist congregation with some 175 member families, announced on Wednesday evening that it has become a sanctuary congregation, working in conjunction with other regional faith communities and immigrant rights organizations. “In support of immigrant rights, the congregation pledges…
In 1919, the United States deported Emma Goldman, along with nearly 250 other foreign-born radicals. This move became possible with the passage of the 1918 Immigration Act, which permitted the deportation of “aliens” who expressed support for anarchism. Goldman, however, claimed U.S. citizenship, acquired through her brief marriage to Jacob Kershner. The government’s response? To…
After 116 years, Nabisco is letting its animals roam free…on its animal cracker boxes. After facing pressure from the permanently disgruntled PETA, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Mondelez International, Nabisco’s parent company, relented and decided to redesign the box. In the process, they dismissed the Jewish-American immigrant packaging art of one Sydney…
Dina Gusovsky used to be a CNBC reporter before she “threw it all away” to write for the “Late Night With Seth Meyers.” And before that, she was a refugee. In a recent segment on the comedy news show, Gusovsky stepped in front of the camera to share her story as an American immigrant who…
In what may seem like a surprising twist in the face of immigration, the woman that determine’s Ivanka Trump’s hair and makeup is a Mexican immigrant. Alexa Rodulfo moved to the United States in 2005 with a dream of working with the biggest names in the industry. Just a few years later, she made her…
White House senior advisor Stephen Miller’s uncle has once again condemned his nephew, but this time in a much more public form: by writing an op-ed for Politico. David Glosser, whose sister Miriam Glosser Miller is Stephen Miller’s mother, rehashed the immigration history of his family, which he claims wouldn’t exist today had the strict…
Once upon a time, a man named Wolf Lieb Glotzer fled anti-Semitism in current-day Belarus and found himself in American coal country. Glotzer’s enterprising sons also joined him in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Before long, they Anglicized their names and opened Glosser Bros. Department Store. Like so many immigrants before and since, the family became known as…
Some people (specifically Jews) would say Ivanka Trump peaked in 2009 when she married Jared Kushner. Those same people would probably agree that in the present day, the daughter of President Trump is no longer in her prime. When her father was elected president and she accepted a position in his government, we watched to…
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