Super Lawyer: Leon Wildes

Posted on Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 16:04 pm

New York Super Lawyers published a profile of Leon Wildes, a Director on HIAS' Board. Learn how he worked with John Lennon on immigration law ...

Let the Sukkah Bring Shelter to the Strangers Among Us

Posted on Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 13:23 pm

Jewish Exponent
October 8, 2008 -- Editorial & Opinion

by Gideon Aronoff

As we engage in our time of collective Jewish reflection and take stock of the past year, one issue of social justice jumps ahead of other strong competitors: For most Jewish Americans, 5768 was the year immigration came of age.

The luxury of musing about our grandparents and great-grandparents who arrived in this country with nothing but their hopes and a prayer is a thing of the hazy past. We have

HIAS’s Genealogy Detective

Posted on Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 13:35 pm

The Jewish Week
July 15, 2008 -- International News

by Walter Ruby
Special To The Jewish Week

Bazarov feels a “sense of accomplishment” as he assists those with questions about their genealogy and unidentified ancestors.

For the roots journeyer digging through his family’s back pages, Valery Bazarov is an indispensable explorer and guide, Lewis and Clark all rolled into one. And as more and more baby boomers and others travel back to the Old Country and pore over tattered documents

Immigration rally planned in Iowa meatpacking town

Posted on Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 14:56 pm

The Associated Press
July 14, 2008-- AP Online

by Amy Lorentzen
Associated Press Writer

DES MOINES, Iowa — Immigration reform advocates and religious leaders hope hundreds of people will descend on a small Iowa town this month for a rally in support of workers arrested in a large raid at a meatpacking plant.

Organizers are using the raid at the Agriprocessors Inc. kosher meatpacking plant in Postville on May 12 as an example of what's wrong with the nation's immigration laws. Federal

HIAS’ Youngest Ambassador

Posted on Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 14:11 pm

The Jewish Week
July 2, 2008 -- Briefs Section

by Steve Lipman

Most of the recipients of scholarship awards from HIAS are college-age. Most have been in the United States for about five years. Most come to the award ceremony with their parents or grandparents.

Naomi Grodsky brought her daughter Eliana, age 14 months.

Grodsky, 34, who came to the U.S. from Moscow with the help of HIAS14 years ago, was among 216 immigrants — mostly from Iran and the former Soviet Union

The “Material Support” Problem

Posted on Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 15:29 pm

Lilith Magazine
Spring 2008 (Volume 33, No. 1), page 47
 

The Jewish Perspective, a report by Melanie Nezer, sheds light on alarming developments in immigration policy. Legitimate policies designed to bar the admission to the United States of individuals who provide “material support” to terrorists can end up denying protection and sanctuary to bona fide refugees from a wide range of countries where persecution is rampant. This analysis for community leaders and activists as well as policymakers and legislators, is