Migrants and Refugees

Even if you are feeling a lack of empathy for an “other,” God does not make that distinction. God wants to be in relationship with both of you. May this profound teaching inspire us to resist the dehumanization of any group of human beings.

What if the Torah is saying that if ever there was a time for us to act like members of a nation of priests, that moment is NOW?!

We are born in the image of God, but we must accept that this God-given status exists only within the framework of human enforcement.

We know the heart of the stranger and we cannot allow ourselves to lose sight of these people, or allow statistics to blur them and their lives into a faceless “issue.”

I went to Juárez seeking a window into what is happening along our southern border, but I left staring at a mirror of culpability and responsibility.

The connection between Sukkot and immigration is incredibly rich.

A self-proclaimed “melting pot,” a country that declared its independence by asserting that all men are created equal, should continue to be a sanctuary and refuge.

No matter the circumstances, each imprisoned and formerly imprisoned person deserves a life filled with dignity.

...modern American politics have alienated the word dror from the Jewish concept of liberty.

Read at your seder table where your haggadah instructs you to read the midrash on “My Father Was A Wandering Aramean” during Magid.