There is one catch – and this is where you come in. We must raise $50,000 by July 1, 2019, so we can assure the Canadian Government that we have the financial resources to cover settlement expenses.
Jewish communities across North America will come together for National Refugee Shabbat on October 19-20, 2018, the week we read Parashat Lech L'cha.
False perceptions of refugees mask the reality: Refugees want to start a new life in a place where they feel safe. Most of them want the same things out of life that we want: to be safe, healthy,http://www.un.org/en/events/refugeeday and happy.
While volunteering at a refugee center in Berlin summer, through the auspices of IsraAID, I had the opportunity to hear some poignant, personal stories that impacted me on a deep level.
Trudy Rubin, a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, kindly allowed me