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In this Tuesday, April 3, 2018 photo, African migrants cross a street in southern Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
April 6, 2018, 8:39 am
US Jewish groups urge Netanyahu not to deport African migrants
Letter says Israel has a special obligation to 'protect victims of persecution who have fled their countries seeking safety'
By TOI staff
US President Donald Trump claps during the State of the Union address in the chamber of the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC, on January 30, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / Win McNamee)
January 31, 2018, 8:44 am
Jewish groups criticize Trump on immigration, praise him on Iran
US organizations slam president's remark that he has 'protected religious liberty,' commend him for Israel support
By Michael Bachner
Severed doll heads, red paint and notes found outside the entrance to the Tel Aviv office of the Population Immigration and Border Authority on Saturday, January 27, 2018. (Police spokesperson)
January 27, 2018, 7:02 pm
Severed doll heads, anti-deportation notes found at Tel Aviv immigration office
In protest move against planned deportation of African asylum seekers, mutilated toys doused in red paint placed outside Population, Immigration, and Border Authority branch
By TOI staff
Eritrean demonstrators chanted "Refugees, not infiltrators" outside of the Rwandan Embassy in Herzilya on January 22, 2018. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
January 27, 2018, 9:43 am
Nearly 800 US Jewish clergymen urge Israel to halt refugee deportations
Rabbis, cantors write to Netanyahu: 'We Jews know far too well what happens when the world closes its doors to those forced to flee their homes'
By TOI staff
File: Migrants and refugees arrive on a dinghy on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey, on October 14, 2015. (AFP Photo/Dimitar Dilkoff)
January 18, 2018, 6:04 am
Jewish and Muslim groups join efforts to help refugees in Greece
HIAS and Islamic Relief USA will set up centers in Athens and on the island of Lesbos
By JTA
Anish Kapoor walking in a march in London in solidarity with migrants currently crossing Europe, Sept. 17, 2015. (Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images via JTA)
January 18, 2018, 5:47 am
Anish Kapoor’s Genesis Prize money goes to 5 groups assisting refugees
'Like many Jews, I do not have to go far back in my family history to find people who were refugees,' says the renowned artist and human rights activist
By JTA
African migrants clash with Israeli soldiers after they left Holot detention center in southern Israel and walked towards the Border with Egypt near the southern Israeli Kibbutz of Nitzana, Friday, June, 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
January 16, 2018, 6:56 am
US Jewish groups to Netanyahu: Deporting Africans ‘betrays Jewish values’
ADL, HIAS express 'grave concerns' over new plan that would see migrants and asylum seekers flown to unnamed third countries against their will
By Eric Cortellessa
African migrants take part in a protest in Tel Aviv on June 10, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 9, 2018, 12:08 am
Diaspora leaders urge Netanyahu not to deport African migrants
Challenging PMO's response to initial letter, heads of organizations from different denominations say country's refugee policy lacking
By TOI staff
Mariko Hirose, right, a litigation director at the Urban Justice Center, Esther Sung, a staff attorney at the National Immigration Law Center, Rabbi Will Berkowitz, Jewish Family Service of Seattle CEO and Mark Hetfield, president and CEO of HIAS, stand in front of a federal courthouse after speaking with media members there Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
December 22, 2017, 2:00 pm
US judge considers lifting ban on entry of refugees, families
ACLU and Jewish Family Service call for some individuals, including Iraqi interpreters for US army, to be allowed into US
By martha bellisle
A HIAS protest in front of the White House in which people shared stories of their family members who were refugees or immigrants, March 1, 2017. (Ted Eytan via JTA)
December 20, 2017, 8:59 pm
Federal court to hear Jewish groups’ challenge to Trump refugee ban
US District Court in Seattle to take up Jewish Family Service v. Trump, a bid by HIAS and others to halt implementation of new restrictions
By JTA
Rabbi Debra Cantor of Congregation B’nai Tikvoh-Sholom in Bloomfield, Connecticut, speaking at Trump Tower in Manhattan at the 'Not The White House Chanukah Party,' a protest organized by T’ruah, December 13, 2017. (JTA/Jake Ratner)
December 16, 2017, 1:49 am
Liberal groups celebrate Hanukkah in Trump Tower — as a protest
Aside from the typical demonstration signs, rally includes Jewish holiday songs and fair trade Hanukkah gelt
By Ben Sales
Refugees, advocates and faith leaders rallying in front of the White House to call for refugee protections on World Refugee Day, June 20, 2017. (HIAS via JTA)
December 16, 2017, 12:53 am
As Trump lets in fewer refugees, Jewish aid group forced to cut back
HIAS Chicago chapter to shutter its resettlement program, says other cities likely to follow
By JTA
African refugees sit outside the Holot detention center in southern Israel, on June 13, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 30, 2017, 10:03 pm
Jewish groups urge Israel not to deport African refugees
Organizations from different denominations say 'as a people who were once refugees,' Jews have 'special obligation' towards migrants
By JTA
Sen. Charles Schumer, left, chided President Trump for 'politicizing' the deadly attack by an Uzbeki immigrant in New York City. (Schumer photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images; Trump photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
November 3, 2017, 11:18 am
Trump attacks an immigration program, Chuck Schumer gets caught in the crossfire
Senate minority leader chided by president over his involvement in bipartisan Diversity Visa lottery program, linking it to the deadly terror attack in New York
By Ron Kampeas
The US Supreme Court justices posing for a photo in Washington, DC, June 1, 2017. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images/via JTA)
October 13, 2017, 4:34 am
Three Supreme Court cases Jews are watching closely
The Judicial branch is back to its previous split -- four liberals, four conservatives, and one right-leaning waverer. For religious minorities, this year could be game changing
By Ron Kampeas
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