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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 624

US Office of Refugee Resettlement

Organizers and farmers co-design a solar field in western Uganda as part of a Gigawatt Global project, Kyenjojo District, Uganda, April 13, 2024. (Jeje Canutum)
March 11, 2025, 3:46 pm
Jewish and Israeli aid groups are hit by Trump’s suspension of USAID, refugee program
After the US president orders America’s largest aid body gutted, repercussions are felt around the world as programs benefiting people from Africa to Gaza have their funding frozen
By Sue Surkes
Activist Michele Freed, center, with other young professionals in front of the White House, March 1, 2017, at an event organized by HIAS. (Katie Jett Walls/via JTA)
June 22, 2017, 4:08 am
136-year-old Jewish refugee agency has a new mission in the Trump era: fighting back
HIAS has seen its activist profile rise higher this year than at any point in its lengthy history
By Ben Sales
Syria Supper Club gathering with chef Maryam Al Radi in Maplewood, NJ, September 2016. (Courtesy)
February 14, 2017, 12:26 pm
NJ Jews and refugees break bread and barriers at Syria Supper Club
After a year of volunteering with asylum seekers, a pair of Jewish friends leverage their ‘baklava bellies’ into a grassroots social initiative
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Five members of the Jouriyeh family, Syrian refugees headed to the US as part of a resettlement program. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
January 19, 2017, 12:49 am
1,500 US rabbis urge Trump to support refugees
‘We have seen xenophobia overwhelm our nation’s capacity for compassion,’ Jewish leaders tell incoming administration
By JTA
Manfred Lindenbaum, a kindertransport survivor speaks out in support of refugees. (Gili Getz/HIAS)
September 21, 2016, 11:39 am
Kindertransport survivor fights at UN to bring Syrian refugees to the US
During this week’s UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants, HIAS pushes for stronger US leadership so more Jewish communities may welcome refugees with open arms
By Cathryn J. Prince
Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz (second from left), his wife Shoshana and two children host a newly arrived Syrian refugee family to Phoenix for Thanksgiving, November 26, 2015. (Courtesy)
November 27, 2015, 9:17 pm
Activist Phoenix rabbi hosts Syrian refugee family for Thanksgiving
Shmuly Yanklowitz is working with other Arizona faith leaders to change state and national refugee policies
By Renee Ghert-Zand
President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference with Philippines' President Benigno Aquino III in Manila, Philippines, November 18, 2015, (AP/Susan Walsh)
November 27, 2015, 8:40 am
Obama admin says states lack authority to block refugees
Office of Refugee Resettlement tells governors it’s illegal to bar refugee resettlement based on country of origin
By Matthew Daly
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