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Tuesday, May 19, 2015
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Sarah Silverman promotes NIF Shavuot Tikkun
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe New Israel Fund is sponsoring a Shavuot Tikkun by a group called Rabbis to Holot, at the Holot detention facility for African migrants in the south of Israel.
The Tikkun, a Shavuot holiday tradition in which Jews learn throughout the night, is “dedicated to solidarity with asylum seekers held in the facility.”
US comedian Sarah Silverman took a selfie with a sign quoting the Biblical phrase “For you were strangers in the land of Egypt,” to publicize the event.
תודה לשרה סילברמן הנפלאה שמסייעת לנו להעלות למודעות את תיקון ליל שבועות של Rabbis to Holot רבנים לחולות, שייערך מחר…
Posted by הקרן החדשה לישראל on Tuesday, May 19, 2015
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