Posted on 01/20/2018 12:27:41 AM PST by beaversmom
A rabbi in Israel is calling on fellow Jewish activists in the country to protect the thousands of African asylum-seekers the government is threatening to deport.
Religious leaders from the advocacy group Rabbis for Human Rights expressed their willingness on Tuesday to open up their own homes to shelter the migrants.
Rabbi Susan Silverman, sister of the American comedian Sarah Silverman, promoted the idea during a conference in Jerusalem and received the support of about 130 religious leaders who had assembled there, Haaretz reports.
Silverman said the rabbis’ activism is driven by their Jewish faith ― and the fear that the asylum-seekers may face torture, human trafficking or death if they are deported. She also said it was inspired by the story of Anne Frank as well as by the sanctuary movement in the U.S.
Silverman told Israel’s i24 News that if asylum-seekers need protection, the Jewish rabbis in her network will be ready.
“We’re saying [to the migrants], ’Come ... we are thousands of Israeli families and we will be here for you and you can come and you live in our homes and the government will have to come through us to take you.”
About 35,000 Eritrean and Sudanese natives live in Israel, Haaretz reports, along with about 5,000 of their children who were born in the country. Many of the adults entered Israel illegally through Egypt, and have temporary visas that must be renewed every three months.
The next time these migrants attempt to renew their visas, those who don’t meet certain criteria will face with a tough choice ― to return to their country of origin or to a third country like Rwanda or Uganda, according to the Associated Press. As an incentive, the Israeli government is offering those who choose to be deported before...
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Here is the money shot: “Many of the adults entered Israel illegally through Egypt”
Maybe the government of Israel ought to more selective in who it lets in for aliyah. These US blue-state, leftist jews are like sand in the gears to any well functioning nation/society, even Israel itself.
So what’s wrong with a few Dreamers from Egypt? (/s)
Rabbis for Human Rights, at least in the U.S., is a pretty far-left conglomeration of Reform, Reconstructionist, and a few Conservation and Orthodox rabbis. Not all of them are “far-left” but at least “liberal” but RHR shows up in support of some pretty leftist movements here, and if you read what some of their leaders proclaim as their goals, you know that they are “meshuganah” (crazy).
Very similar to the old Marxist Breira and New Jewish Agenda organizations of the 70’s thru 90’s.
Get the rabbis some Uzis and plenty of spare mags.
Looks like Sarah’s soon to be an only child.
Diversity, dreamers and open borders for Israel, yaaay..!
If you're a Jew, you have the right to be there. That's the whole point of Israel existing as a country. But, if she breaks the law, she may find herself in a jail cell. The Israelis aren't sentimental about this kind of thing like we are.
Women rabbis? No such thing. So they are calling upon the power of a non-existent office in the name of their filthy leftist cause, to the demise of Israel. Ladies: shut the heck up, before you are SHUT UP by Him.
BS. It's driven by their Jewish guilt, leftist ideology, and desire to virtue signal.
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