Immigration
“You shall not oppress the stranger.” (Exodus 22:20) The commandment to treat aliens kindly, justly, lovingly occurs at least 36 times in the Torah — more than any other mitzvah.
The Gestapo, the Storm Troopers and ICE
It is important to try to draw lessons from our collective past, but historical comparisons are tricky things.
We Are Targets, Too: Two Days in Minneapolis
We witnessed the astonishing goodness of the force of ordinary human neighbors, rising up in defense of decency, pluralism and democracy.
Minneapolis: Cultivating a Resistance, Both Tender and Fierce
Everyone was caring for everyone in a stunning collective experience of loving our neighbor as ourselves.
Hold Them Accountable: Supporting ICE Victims in Your Own Community
We should not ignore what is happening in our own backyards.
America in the World War I Era and Beyond: The Tribal Teens and the Tribal Twenties
The current anti-immigration crusade mirrors the rhetoric and actions of the last anti-immigration movement 100-plus years ago.
How to Welcome the Stranger
Torah admonishes us (36 times!) to love the immigrant as the Holy One does.
Praying in the Language of Welcoming: Refugee and Immigration Advocacy
There is work to do, lives are at stake and our ancestors are depending on us to carry forward the legacy of accountability to this sacred obligation.
What If We Read Passover as a Solidarity Story?
Abolition is more than the ending of legalized enslavement. It is a dismantling of institutionalized systems of oppression that enslave, imprison and devalue lives deemed expendable.
Immigration Injustice in the U.S. and What You Can Do About It
I suggest a five-point plan to help Jews who would like to act now but are not sure how to do so.
African Refugees in Israel
“Now it’s all right, right, Abba?” my daughter asked. “Because they got to Eretz Israel?”
Our Guatemalan Teenager
Becoming the guardian of an immigrant teenager is not only a political commitment; it comes with powerful emotional rewards and costs.
On Migrants and Refugees: A Sermon
As Jews, we are committed to treating every human being as created betzelem elohim, in God’s image, including migrants and seekers of asylum.
‘Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor’: Historical Perspectives on Immigration
Attitudes towards immigrants have vacillated in the past between unrestricted welcome and xenophobic opposition.
