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Refugees
October 26, 2018, 7:25 pm
The Fox Hunt: A Refugee’s Memoir of Coming to America
By Author: Mohammed Al Samawi
By Janice Convoy-Hellmann
Mark Hetfield, President and CEO of HIAS, the global Jewish nonprofit that protects refugees, welcomes hundreds to the Jewish Rally for Refugees in Battery Park, New York, on February 12, 2017. The gathering was one of several rallies nationwide convened by HIAS and co-sponsored by Jewish organizations. (Photo: Gili Getz/HIAS)
October 5, 2018, 4:11 pm
Asylum Seekers Not Smart to Seek Refuge in Atlanta
Detainees sent to Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin face dangerous conditions, says HIAS CEO Mark Hetfield.
By Logan C. Ritchie
“I hope that every year we find work that excites and engages the congregation’s hands in mitzvot as much as this project is,” Rabbi Ari Kaiman says.
June 12, 2018, 8:00 am
Shearith Israel Welcomes Refugee Family
The synagogue is doing a mitzvah by working with New American Pathways.
By Sarah Moosazadeh
Cartoon by Yaakov Kirschen, Jerusalem Post, Israel
May 13, 2018, 6:18 pm
70 Years of a Refugee ‘Crisis’
A new attitude is key for the descendants of the Arabs who lived in British-controlled Palestine.
By Toby Block
David Lubell (left), founder of Decatur-based Welcoming America, speaks with CNN's Fareed Zakaria during the Charles Bronfman Prize ceremony April 30 in New York.
May 11, 2018, 2:47 pm
Decatur’s Lubell Honored for Refugee Work
The founder of Welcoming America received the Charles Bronfman Prize in New York.
Nelly Iskhakova, Moshe Iskhakova with daughter Mariya in his arms, Mira and Mariya (the husband’s cousins) and Mira’s daughter Liza pose for a family photo.
March 27, 2018, 1:18 pm
Bukharian Refugee Recounts Hardships in U.S.
Nelly Iskhakova was unaware of the struggles that awaited her after she immigrated from Uzbekistan to America.
By Sarah Moosazadeh
Like other Iranian-Jewish refugees, Hengameh Pourfakhr was smuggled into Turkey while the Islamic regime cracked down throughout Iran.
March 27, 2018, 12:51 pm
Iranian-Jewish Refugee Sees Parallels With Muslims
Before fleeing Iran, Hengameh Pourfakhr says, she was one of many minorities persecuted in the country.
By Sarah Moosazadeh
Maurice Shohet (far right in suspenders) experiences everyday life as a boy in Iraq in the 1950s.
March 27, 2018, 11:56 am
Iraqi Jew Tells Forgotten Story of Escape
The Breman museum welcomed Maurice Shohet to share his story of what life was like living in Iraq as a Jew.
By Sarah Moosazadeh
Safa Nooromid (left end of table) left Iran when she was 18 because of the Iranian revolution, but she continues to draw on her Persian customs when celebrating Jewish holidays such as Passover.
March 27, 2018, 11:23 am
Persian Jewish Traditions Influence Seder
Safa Nooromid recounts how her family observed Passover before she immigrated from Iranian Kurdistan.
By Sarah Moosazadeh
A Rohingya home in the northern Rakhine state of Myanmar (Burma) was destroyed in sectarian violence in August. (Photo by Moe Zaw, VOA, in September 2017)
March 14, 2018, 6:33 pm
Rosenthal: Why We Must Care About Refugees
The Rohingya people of Burma are suffering just as we suffered at the hands of Pharaoh.
By Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal
HIAS has helped countless Jewish refugees settle in the United States, such as these Jews escaping the Soviet Union in March 1972 at JFK Airport in New York. (Photo courtesy of HIAS)
February 15, 2018, 1:12 pm
HIAS, JF&CS Helped Settle Jewish Refugees in Atlanta
Now HIAS focuses on non-Jewish immigrants coming to the area.
By Sarah Moosazadeh
Children playing chess on the refugees’ deck of the Henry Gibbins next to an outdoor medical station and pharmacy, 1944. (photo credit: Ruth Gruber)
January 31, 2018, 3:34 pm
My Family’s Unforgettable Refugee Story
Relatives were on the Henry Gibbins, the only refugee ship the United States allowed in during World War II.
By Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder
January 25, 2018, 3:56 pm
Schoenfeld: An Immigrant’s Vision for This Country
A humane vision of the world and of people who need opportunity fits the best of American and Jewish values.
By Eugen Schoenfeld
Countless Jewish refugees escaped to Cuba during WWII to find refuge.
January 10, 2018, 2:41 pm
AJFF Review: Jewish Refugees Find Home in Cuba
“Cuba’s Forgotten Jewels: A Haven in Havana” chronicles the life of people who escaped during World War II.
By Vicki Leopold
The Atlanta Arab Festival provides an opportunity for Jews to experience Arab culture.
April 17, 2017, 8:00 am
Atlanta’s Arabs, Jews Share So Much
But the ripples of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict help keep the communities apart.
By Dave Schechter
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