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Friday, February 13 • 8:45pm - 10:00pm
'All Who Are Hungry, Let Them Come': Torah and the African Refugee Crisis

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Israel is home to more than 50,000 African refugees, mostly from Sudan and Eritrea. Some see taking care of these refugees as a manifestation of our national identity. Others see it as a dangerous avalanche threatening to eclipse a struggling Jewish State. What can Jewish tradition contribute?
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Meesh Hammer-Kossoy

Meesh Hammer-Kossoy teaches Talmud and directs the Social Justice Track at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, an open, co-ed, non-denominational Jewish learning community where students encounter and grapple with classic texts and traditions of Judaism while exploring... Read More →

Friday February 13, 2015 8:45pm - 10:00pm EST
Willow
  Social Justice, Text & Thought

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