The refugee experience remains inextricably linked to Jewish identity
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Dr Edie Friedman founder and executive director of the Jewish Council for Racial Equality (JCore), makes it absolutely clear in this article that “The refugee experience remains inextricably linked to Jewish identity – when refugee experience is denigrated, the Jewish experience is also denigrated.”
We agree, and urge everyone to support JCore and its various projects including FELLOWSHIP: building a young Jewish voice for racial justice; JUMP: befriending project for young refugees in the UK without family; MINDS TOGETHER: volunteer therapists for refugee women; REFUGEE DOCTORS: mentoring for refugee doctors; and more.
This article was originally published by Jewish Chronicle on Tue 21 Jan 2020. Read the original here.
The refugee experience remains inextricably linked to Jewish identity
The government must sit down with refugee organisations and develop safe and legal routes for desperate young people to reach our shores, writes Edie Friedman.
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Edie Freeman writes that he refugee experience is inextricably linked to Jewish identity-when the refugee experience is denigrated the Jewish experience is also denigrated. Will Edie Freeman therefore call on the State of Israel to honour the Palestinian Right of Return as per Article 17 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
Ah Michael – you have hit the proverbial nail on the head!! I’m looking forward to Ms Freeman’s reply….