50+ Synagogues and Jewish Organizations Hold #JewsforRefugees Assembly in New York
HIAS, the global Jewish nonprofit that protects refugees, convened the event at the Manny Cantor Center on the Lower East Side, as part of its Welcome Campaign, leading and convening local Jewish communities across the country in supporting refugees.
The gathering included refugee speakers, policy experts, and community leaders who laid out their vision for what they hope to see happen at next week’s summits. The last time that international leaders united to produce a vision for refugees was in 1951, following the Holocaust.