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refugee
Rabbis, refugee agency deny report of Louisville synagogue resettling Syrian Jews
Jewish Journal
August 29, 2016
A report of a Conservative synagogue in Louisville resettling Jewish refugees from Syria is false, say a local refugee resettlement agency and the rabbis of the Kentucky city’s two Conservative synagogues.\n\n
Taking in refugees is good for America
Jewish Journal
March 2, 2016
We all intuitively understand that if your friend loses his house in a hurricane, the right thing to do is to invite him to stay with you.
This is what it takes to resettle a refugee
Eitan Arom
February 24, 2016
San Diego could hardly be more different from the Kyangwali Refugee Settlement.
The real victims of Syrian migrants
Danielle Berrin
January 6, 2016
We’ve all heard the fear mongering about how Syrian refugees are mostly men — which somehow makes them more susceptible to becoming terrorists, and therefore dangerous to the West.
A man called Sheila Kuehl an anti-Semite, her response is awesome
Jewish Journal
December 14, 2015
An angry speaker called Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl a \”scumbag\” and an \”anti-Semite\” for the city\’s decision to allow Syrian refugees during a recent City Council meeting.
The refugee dilemma: Fighting to defend the defenseless
Danielle Berrin
November 24, 2015
On Nov. 19, less than a week after the deadly series of terrorist attacks in Paris, Mark Hetfield, president and CEO of HIAS, the 134-year-old refugee resettlement organization, was summoned to the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., to testify before Congress.
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