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Tzav: We Are the Stranger

by Rabbi Alanna Sklover
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.”
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Headshot of the author, Rabbi Victor Urecki

Pekudei: Culpability on the Southern Border

by Rabbi Victor Urecki
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.
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Immigration Justice Teachings for Sukkot

by Rabbi Victor Urecki
The connection between Sukkot and immigration is incredibly rich.
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Rabbi Lizz Goldstein

Shoftim: “Thus Blood of the Innocent Will not be Shed” The Necessity of Sanctuary

by Rabbi Lizz Goldstein
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.
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VaEt’chanan: Torah as a Life-Giving Force

by Rabbi Danny Stein
No matter the circumstances, each imprisoned and formerly imprisoned person deserves a life filled with dignity.
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Behar-Bechukotai: Proclaiming Dror Throughout the Land

by Rabbi Michael Rothbaum
...modern American politics have alienated the word dror from the Jewish concept of liberty.
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Come and Learn: A Modern Immigration Midrash

by T'ruah
Read at your seder table where your haggadah instructs you to read the midrash on “My Father Was A Wandering Aramean” during Magid.
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The Other Side of the River, the Other Side of the Sea

by T'ruah
T'ruah's haggadah helps transform the seder into a conversation about immigration, racism, workers' rights, and forced labor.
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Elevating Our Hearts and Spirits Towards Justice

by Rabbi Jonathan Biatch
The Mishkan was not just a compound our ancestors built; it is a state of mind that we can inhabit.
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Reading the Exodus as a Migration Story

by Cantor Vera Broekhuysen, Rabbi Victor Reinstein, Rabbi Elizabeth Goldstein, and Rabbi Jessica Dell’Era
If America is to be the land of the free, a melting pot of diversity and equality, it too must clear the stones from the proverbial roads and build up pathways for immigrants, especially refugees and asylum-seekers.
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