I’ve always been dubious of the idea of “American Culture.” America, being, since its inception, a land of immigrants constantly in demographic and ethnic flux. And this is a good thing, indeed, the idea of a country founded upon legal and philosophical principles, as opposed to ethnic or linguistic concerns, is the fundamental promise of…
I actually felt embarrassed as we headed toward the museum exit. It was my first afternoon with the Kurdish family my congregation is helping to resettle in Westchester. I brought them to the Neuberger museum at SUNY Purchase to show off a great cultural institution and college campus in Westchester County. A campus construction project…
The progressive Jewish group Bend the Arc has signed onto two amicus briefs opposing President Donald Trump’s second executive order suspending immigration from six majority-Muslim countries. The briefs will be filed as part of cases challenging the ban to be heard by the Fourth Circuit and Ninth Circuit courts of appeals. Other signatories to the…
Hundreds of Jewish and Muslim activists converged on the steps of New York’s City Hall on Wednesday for a Passover “seder in the streets,” pushing Mayor Bill de Blasio and other local authorities to make concrete steps to protect immigrant and people of color communities from President Trump’s policies. Organized by Jews for Racial and…
Rosa spent five years of her young life being hunted by the Nazis and their accomplices in Eastern Europe. When Nazi troops entered her native town of Lublin, Poland, in 1939, she escaped to Ukraine. Along with her sister and an in-law, she then fled the Kolomiia ghetto in south-western Ukraine in 1941. Many others…
I am an immigrant. In fact, if you consider that adjusting to new habits, embracing new cultures, learning new languages, and adapting to different ways of life are all part of the immigration experience, I have emigrated three times. I have lived in four countries on four continents — Egypt, Brazil, France, and the United…
A leader of the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) claimed it is a guarantor of Jewish life in Germany because it opposes immigration from largely Muslim migrants. Frauke Petry made the remarks in response to criticism from Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, who last week called the AfD a “disgrace for Germany.”…
(JTA) — The Reform movement called on its member synagogues to protected undocumented immigrants facing deportation from the United States. The Union for Reform Judaism issued a resolution Friday recommending that its congregations provide shelter and legal assistance, as well as material, financial or educational support to at-risk immigrants. Rabbi Dov Pesner, who heads the movement’s policy arm, the…
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