Rabbi Lee Bycel
Yom Kippur: Day of Reality for Refugees
October 13, 2005
On Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, we ask: Who shall live and who shall die? This year, I will observe Yom Kippur — the holiest day of the Jewish year — with refugees from Darfur in camps in Chad.
Come Fill Fatima’s Cup With Hope
April 21, 2005
Ten days ago, I was in the Al Serif Camp in Darfur, Sudan, with Fatima, the girl you see in the photograph. She lives there with 15,000 other refugees.
Yom Kippur in Chad: Fasting a Way of Life
October 7, 2004
I am sitting in Adam\’s living room — a carpet on a dirt patio. On one side is a small tent for his five children, as well as two nephews and a niece who have been orphaned.
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