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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJewish social services groups kick into high gear as Afghan refugees begin to arrive in US
Jewish communities around the world are reactivating their refugee-support networks as they prepare to help resettle Afghans who have fled the Taliban takeover of their country.
In recent weeks, tens of thousands of Afghans have been airlifted from Kabul after the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan with the U.S. exit from the country after 20 years. Many will spend time in another country while they wait to be admitted to the United States, but some are already arriving and needing support as they adapt to a sudden relocation and a new country.
The importance of welcoming strangers is so deeply rooted in Jewish tradition and experience that immigration issues have long enjoyed a bipartisan consensus in Jewish communities even amid deep polarization on other topics. Many cities have social services agencies that began to support Jewish immigrants and now work with new arrivals of all backgrounds, often coordinating with HIAS, formerly the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, to identify refugees and meet their needs.
Those agencies and the Jewish communities that support them are now scrambling to prepare for a wave of new arrivals as the United States wages an around-the-clock effort to remove as many people as possible who supported the U.S. military mission in advance of an Aug. 31 withdrawal deadline.
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Behind the Aegis
Aug 2021
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The importance of welcoming strangers is so deeply rooted in Jewish tradition
LetMyPeopleVote
Aug 2021
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Hekate
(90,189 posts)1. 5th Rec -- off to the Greatest
LetMyPeopleVote
(143,999 posts)2. The importance of welcoming strangers is so deeply rooted in Jewish tradition
This is indeed a major part of our traditions. These efforts make me smile
Ilsa
(61,675 posts)5. It is such a contrast to the hatemongers
in Congress, on Fox, etc, that like to spout their so-called Christian cred.
crickets
(25,896 posts)4. Wonderful. K&R for visibility.
SMC22307
(8,088 posts)6. Brooklyn t-shirt, Minnie Mouse doll... welcome to America, little ones!
All the best to you and your families and thanks to these social services groups for helping you.