immigration

Against Detaining Children

By Alden Solovy

"The voice of heartbreak echoes across the land..." more

Tags: refugees, immigration, social justice, child abuse

Hashkiveinu for Refugee Children

By Kaya Stern-Kaufman

"Lay them down tonight in peace, all the children at the borders of our land..." more

Tags: refugees, peace, social justice, immigration, America

Batya

By Tamar Stern

"How can we be like Batya / who heard the crying of an illegal migrant child..." more

Tags: Batya, nile, Moses, immigration, refugees, social justice

Faith Leaders Bring Life-Saving Water to Migrants in the Desert

By Rabbi Ari Lev Fornari

Starting at sunrise beneath the brilliant waning moon, I ventured into the desert with 70 clergy and humanitarian aid facilitators. In each of them I saw a face of the Divine. more

Tags: immigration, social justice, refugees

For These Things I Weep: A Lament Delivered at ICE Offices

By Rabbi Tamara Cohen

A cry of lament delivered at ICE offices in protest of immigration policy more

Tags: lamentations, immigration, refugees, resistance

"Bitterly She Weeps In the Night": Voices of Exiles and Refugees, Past and Present

By Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Herrmann

Source sheet pairing verses from Eicha with voices of immigrant parents separated from their children more

Tags: immigration, refugees, lamentations, text study, trauma

Psalms of Protest

By Alden Solovy

A prophetic response to attacks on democracy more

Tags: immigration, social justice, racial justice, America, refugees

Mah Tovu [Video]

By Rabbis Annie Lewis & Yosef Goldman

Beautiful melody for Mah Tovu more

Tags: mah tovu, social justice, immigration, blessing

Mah Tovu: Transforming Curses to Blessings in Parshat Balak