immigration
Protesters in 2018 urging Congress to vote on immigration reform and to pass a clean Dream Act. (Photo by Lauren Rosenblatt)
September 25, 2024, 10:33 am
Jews are commanded to love the convert. What about the immigrant?
The anti-immigrant bandwagon is a large and, sadly, welcoming one.
By Rabbi Avi Shafran
Lillian Hochman will play Tanya and Matthew Woody will play Fievel in the first musical adaptation of "An American Tail." (Kaitlin Randolph)
April 18, 2023, 10:11 am
‘An American Tail’ musical adaptation hopes its Jewish immigration story will resonate in 2023
Playwright Itamar Moses is betting that children’s theater has a way of refreshing themes adults have exhausted with political discourse.
By Shira Li Bartov
Marsha Shisman and Natalya Shisman. Photo by Edie Shealy
August 22, 2022, 1:56 pm
Pittsburghers support to Ukrainians unwavering six months after Russian invasion
War's continuance brings calls for recognition, reform and kindness.
By Adam Reinherz
Immigration and Absorption Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata handing out gifts aboard an aliyah flight from Ethiopia on June 1, 2022. (Amy Spiro/The Times of Israel)
June 1, 2022, 9:17 pm
181 Ethiopian immigrants land in Israel as aliyah from African nation restarts
After more than a year without immigration flights from Addis Ababa, the first of what is promised to be 3,000 new olim greeted with festive ceremony at Ben Gurion Airport
By Amy Spiro
Photo by Don Komarechka via Flickr
March 24, 2022, 2:20 pm
JFCS clarifies Ukrainian immigration protocols
3.6 million people have fled Ukraine since February 24. Pittsburghers want to help. Because of US immigration law, however, local resettlement experts aren't expecting any immediate arrivals.
By Adam Reinherz
People exit an Allegro train at the central railway station in Helsinki, March 3, 2022. Trains to Finland are packed with Russians fearful that now is their last chance to escape the impact of Western sanctions. (Alessandro Rampazzo/AFP via Getty Images)
March 10, 2022, 2:41 pm
Their country suddenly a pariah, Jews look for ways to leave Russia
Israel has eased its immigration process for Russians, but embassy wait times are unlikely to be affected.
By Jonathan Shamir
Susan Cohen's new book documents some of her work helping refugees an immigrants. Photo provided by River Grove Books.
January 3, 2022, 3:14 pm
Prominent Jewish immigration lawyer pens new book, readies for Pittsburgh appearance
“I’ve had the good fortune to have been able to work with thousands of people, and I’m truly in awe of just about all of them."
By David Rullo
Over a thousand white supremacist neo-Nazi and neo-Confederate activists gathered for a Unite The RIght rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Photo by Stephen Melkisethian, courtesy of flickr.com
October 14, 2021, 3:30 pm
The great replacement lie
Our country is founded on the ideas of liberty and equality, not God and race.
By Solomon D. Stevens
Poet Daniel Borzutzy grew up near the Tree of Life synagogue. His latest book is, in part, a reaction to the 2018 massacre at the congregation's building. Photo by Patri Hadad
March 22, 2021, 9:27 am
Award-winning poet addresses Pittsburgh synagogue shooting in new book
"I think the hope is that there is something hopeful about trying to create a work of art"
By David Rullo
US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris deliver remarks in Wilmington, Delaware, on Nov. 7, 2020. (Andrew Harnik by /POOL/AFP via Getty Images via JTA)
November 9, 2020, 10:28 am
Iran, Israel, anti-Semitism and more: What to watch in Joe Biden’s presidency
A look at what might happen after Biden becomes president on Jan. 20, 2021.
By Ron Kampeas
Plotkin application before treatment. Photo courtesy of Wendy Bennett
June 2, 2020, 10:58 am
Wendy Bennett helps keep history from fading
One century after a Jewish Russian family made its way to the United States, their application for refugee status took its own journey.
By Adam Reinherz
February 13, 2020, 9:29 am
Immigration: Jewish values say it’s time to act, not wonder
Now is the time to act instead of wonder
By Max Weisman
February 13, 2020, 9:23 am
Immigration: Left-leaning rabbis push ahistorical agenda
American and Jewish foundational stories are fundamentally linked
By Albert Eisenberg
Laptop, Computer, Desktop PC, Human Hand, Office / soft focus picture / Vintage concept
June 26, 2019, 10:41 am
Ocasio-Cortez’s careless tweets
'Shock politics' should be avoided
Laptop, Computer, Desktop PC, Human Hand, Office / soft focus picture / Vintage concept
June 26, 2019, 10:35 am
Why disingenuous Holocaust analogies matter
The plight of illegal immigrants not analogous to the Holocaust
By Jonathan Tobin
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