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  • This undated Pennsylvania Department of Transportation photo shows Robert Bowers, the suspect in the deadly shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018.
    This undated Pennsylvania Department of Transportation photo shows Robert Bowers, the suspect in the deadly shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018.
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    Robert Bowers Isn’t Alone

    We attribute isolation to the alleged perpetrator of the Pittsburgh massacre because we want to be reassured. But he is afloat on an ocean of hate.

    byPaul Berman
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    Suspect Identified in Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting

    The suspect appears to be connected to anti-Semitic social media posts

    byJacob Siegel
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    Wrestling With the Refugee Crisis

    Taking a cue from this week’s Torah portion, HIAS spearheads a national conversation about asylum-seekers

    byMarjorie Ingall
  • Members of a Congolese family await their baggage after arriving in Pittsburgh.
    Members of a Congolese family await their baggage after arriving in Pittsburgh.
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    Welcome the Stranger

    In Pittsburgh, Jewish immigration agencies are helping to resettle refugees from around the world

    byFrances Madeson
  • People carry rafts as they take part in a protest against the U.S. refugee ban outside The Trump Building  in New York City, March 28, 2017.
    People carry rafts as they take part in a protest against the U.S. refugee ban outside The Trump Building  in New York City, March 28, 2017.
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    Jewish Communities To Show Solidarity With Refugees by Holding Vigils in Commemoration of the ‘St. Louis’

    Numerous gatherings are planned around the country on June 6

    byJonathan Zalman
  • During a sandstorm, Syrian children walk around a temporary refugee camp in the village of Ain Issa in Syria, November 10, 2016.
    During a sandstorm, Syrian children walk around a temporary refugee camp in the village of Ain Issa in Syria, November 10, 2016.
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    ‘America Has Always Been at Its Greatest When We Have Welcomed Refugees’

    A response to a Tablet article that cites an ADL study asserting that a majority of people in the Middle East harbor anti-Semitic views

    byMark Hetfield
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    A Soviet Drop-Out’s Journey to Freedom

    In search of the traces of my refugee transit camp in Vienna, on my way to America

    bySvetlana Boym
  • (Margarita Korol)
    (Margarita Korol)
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    Regina Spektor’s Immigrant Aid

    The Russian-Jewish indie star headlines a benefit for HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, an aging philanthropy seeking new attention

    byDavid Meir Grossman
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