As you read this, the Trump administration is causing irreparable harm to immigrants and refugees. 

 

Like me, you’ve read the news. You’ve seen the stories. As Jews and as Americans, we cannot remain silent as our nation’s values and statutes are twisted to stoke fear among immigrant communities. 

 

That’s why more than 550 Jewish clergy recently signed a joint letter demanding that the Trump administration abandon its manipulative interpretation of law and restore a commitment to the inalienable rights that are the source of our country’s greatness.

They will take this as far as we let them — so it's up to ALL OF US to push back loudly and decisively. Please join us today and speak out against the atrocities that are happening right now. 

It’s crucial that we remember how our history and values call on us to speak out — for the protection of our neighbors and ourselves, and for the moral and existential health of our society. Will you join us?

 

Add your name to our letter now and speak out against the Trump administration’s actions towards immigrants, refugees, and displaced people.  

I know much of what is happening now resurrects a political playbook that leads to dark places. As the more than 550 Rabbis and Cantors said in the joint letter, the Holocaust was made possible through a series of legal acts that lost any grounding in a foundation of human dignity. We do not invoke that history lightly in this context, nor are we declaring that Holocaust-like events are the inevitable end of what we are witnessing today. 

 

But we know that the Holocaust did not happen overnight — it took place after years of manipulation, injustice, and discrimination. And it was not just the slow erosion of norms and laws that made it possible, but their intentional manipulation. That’s why Jewish clergy are speaking out this week. Sign on now to join them in standing for the rights of immigrants.

 

Thank you for your support, for standing with immigrants and refugees, and for working to preserve the values and communities that make America great.

 

Rabbi Sarah Bassin

Rabbi-in-Residence

— Team HIAS 

Daily Kos, PO Box 70036, Oakland, CA, 94612.