by Charlie Davidson | May 11, 2022 | News
Two organizations in NYC that are currently assisting Ukrainians with applications for Humanitarian Parole. Met Council: please refer any clients in crisis to Met Council by emailing help@metcouncil.org and CC’ing Managing Director of Social Services, Hannah...
by Charlie Davidson | May 10, 2022 | News
Rabbi Hirsch was interviewed from Poland during the synagogue’s mission with a delegation of 23 who traveled to the border towns of Przemyśl and Medyka to bear witness and deliver additional supplies and aid to Ukrainian refugees. Click the link below to visit...
by Annette Orenstein | Oct 25, 2018 | News
Queens Chronicle | October 25, 2018 National Refugee Shabbat 2018 hit very close to home in at least one area synagogue last Friday night, as the Reform Temple of Forest Hills welcomed into its midst a family of refugees from Guatemala. Continue...
by Annette Orenstein | Mar 9, 2018 | News
The New York Jewish Week | March 9, 2018 The synagogue movement to protect refugees and other immigrants was up and running well before Donald Trump became president. But his election, followed several months later by his original ban on immigrants from seven...
by Annette Orenstein | Jul 3, 2017 | News
HIAS Blog | July 3, 2017 When Ibrahim* signed on to serve as an interpreter for the U.S. military in Afghanistan, he knew there would be risks. Helping the American forces in his home country would almost certainly put him and his family in danger. Continue...
