Holocaust scholars urge Obama to sanction countries hosting Bashir

Published on June 18, 2012

A group of 70 Holocaust scholars have sent a letter urging the Obama administration support a congressional amendment that would halt U.S. foreign assistance to countries that host visits for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.

Israel begins repatriating South Sudanese migrants

Published on June 17, 2012

A planeload of 120 illegal migrants was scheduled to leave Israel for repatriation in South Sudan.

Israel rounds up African migrants for deportation

Published on June 11, 2012

Israel said on Monday it had started rounding up African migrants in the first stage of a controversial "emergency plan" to intern and deport thousands deemed a threat to the Jewish character of the state.

Jerusalem court clears way for S. Sudanese migrants’ deportation

Published on June 7, 2012

A Jerusalem court ruled that Israel could deport South Sudanese migrants who entered the country illegally.

Not in my name

Published on May 23, 2012

The Jerusalem Post recently reported on the Molotov cocktails thrown into a Nigerian woman’s open day care and an Eritrean family’s private apartment in Tel Aviv’s Shapira neighborhood. Luckily no one was hurt, but this incident reminded me of all the violence and hatred ensuing in Israeli society toward African asylum seekers. This is not the first case of violence against African asylum seekers. There have been many hate crimes perpetrated against Eritrean, Sudanese and other asylum seekers of African descent for the past few years. Whether it’s the government, the media or Israeli society influencing or perpetrating these abominable acts, this racial violence and prejudice must be stopped.

South Sudanese migrants in Israel get reprieve

Published on March 29, 2012

South Sudanese migrants will not be forced to leave Israel by the end of the month as planned.

Two rabbis join George Clooney in protest of Sudanese government

By Danielle Berrin
Published on March 15, 2012

Loyalty to Jews or to humanity? There is no ‘either-or’

By Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis
Published on October 26, 2006

The question is whispered and must be answered in a forthright manner: Darfur or Israel? Is your loyalty to your people or to humanity? Is your loyalty to Judaism or to mankind? Are you essentially a Jew or a human being?

Torah Portion

By Rabbi Steven Z. Leder
Published on June 11, 1998

I never heard the N-word, growing up, because we were Jewish. For my parents, the S-word sufficed. Although they never would have denied someone an opportunity based on skin color, it was "schvartzes" who tried to rob my Uncle Max and Auntie Jean at their grocery store. When "schvartzes" moved into the neighborhood, it was time to sell the house. My dad had "a big schvartze" who worked in his scrap yard.