How to Welcome the Stranger
February 9, 2026
Torah admonishes us (36 times!) to love the immigrant as the Holy One does.
Seth Lieberman is a leadership consultant and volunteer immigration activist living in Philadelphia. He is a member of Minyan Dorshei Derekh and Germantown Jewish Centre, and is co-founder and co-leader of the Refugee Immigration Justice group at Germantown Jewish Centre. His grandparents immigrated to New York from Belarus in the early 20th century. He grew up entranced by his grandparents’ immigration stories.
Torah admonishes us (36 times!) to love the immigrant as the Holy One does.
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