Tag: Refugees
Israeli field hospital for Ukrainian refugees to be named after Golda Meir
Israel announced on Monday that it has officially approved a field hospital for refugees in Western Ukraine.
According to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, the humanitarian mission—dubbed “Kochav Meir” in Hebrew (“Shining Star”)—is named after the late Israeli...
Yeshiva University students head overseas to assist Ukrainian refugees
With more than 1.5 million Ukrainians fleeing to neighboring countries amid Russia’s invasion in what U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi calls the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II, a humanitarian...
Lapid meets Romanian counterpart in Bucharest to discuss Ukraine crisis
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met in Bucharest on Sunday with his Romanian counterpart, Bogdan Aurescu, to discuss the Ukraine crisis and the refugee issue. Following his meeting with Aurescu, Lapid was scheduled to...
Meir Spiegler to head Israeli task force for Ukraine refugee integration
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Aliyah and Integration Minister Pnina Tamano Shata announced on Monday the appointment of Meir Spiegler to head the National Task Force on the absorption of refugees from Ukraine, Russia and...
Why is HIAS seeking to make America’s border crisis even worse?
Over the weekend, President Joe Biden finally conceded that what was happening at America’s southern border is a “crisis,” a word that his administration had consistently refused to use when referring to the situation...
The forgotten refugees of the Middle East
Nov. 30 is the day Israel designates for commemorating the 850,000 Jews who fled from Arab countries and Iran following World War II. This year, like every year, the governments now ruling those lands...
Bus Station Project helps immigrant travelers
While the political situation for asylum seekers who come to the United States’ southern border seemingly changes day by day, Mimi Pollack, 65, and Paula Sassi, 71, are among the few constants.
Twice a week...
The Hidden History of Shanghai’s Jewish Quarter
It’s common knowledge that as Hitler’s bid to rid the world of Jews escalated, so did the world’s refusal to let them in. What’s not well known is that when those borders, ports, doors, windows,...
Immigration official clarifies Israel’s plan to manage ‘delicate’ migrant deportations
Professor Shlomo Mor-Yosef, director general of the Population and Immigration Authority at Israel’s Interior Ministry, said Israel’s policy of deporting illegal migrants is “nothing new.”
“Last year, we asked more than 5,000 Europeans to leave...
Five Jewish refugees who changed the world /Watch
In honor of World Refugee Day, the WJC has launched a social media campaign dedicated to the millions of refugees displaced from their homes.
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