HIAS in the News
President Obama Extends Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberians
Posted on Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:40 am
Last week, President Obama announced the extension of Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) status for Liberians living in the United States. HIAS' DC office was among the organizations that worked to secure this lifeline for Liberians who have fled violence but have not yet attained permanent U.S. residency. HIAS Pennsylvania, another key advocate, reported on this development.
Lautenberg Amendment, Soviet-era law now helping Iranians, gets lifeline
Posted on Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 10:54 am
Check out this JTA article on the inclusion of the Lautenberg Amendment in a continuing resolution passed by the House on March 6. The amendment provides a lifeline for Jews, Christians, Baha'is, and other religious minorities fleeing Iran, and was in danger of being eliminated due to the sequester cuts.
Obama pushes expedited timetable on immigration reform in meeting with faith leaders
Posted on Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 16:36 pm
Earlier today President Obama met with 14 faith leaders—of whom HIAS' Mark Hetfield was one—to discuss comprehensive immigration reform. During the White House meeting, he reiterated that CIR is a priority for his administration and emphasized his goal of seeing a bill on immigration reform in the next 60 days. The meeting was covered by CNN, the Washington Times, Politico, Talk Radio News Service, RTTNews, Latinos Post, and
Iranian Jews honor local Jewish nonprofits, HIAS
Posted on Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 17:32 pm
JewishJournal.com just posted an article about a recent event in Los Angeles that honored four Jewish organizations—HIAS, Jewish Vocational Service, Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles, and Jewish Free Loan Assocation—that helped Iranian Jews resettle in Los Angeles. The event was sponsored by the Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation (whose president, Sharon Nazarian, is on the HIAS board) and the Iranian American Jewish Federation.
NJ native leads HIAS into ‘Leviticus’ era
Posted on Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 11:51 am
Mark Hetfield and HIAS were profiled in this New Jersey Jewish News article, which discusses Mark's recent appointment as President & CEO of HIAS, his experience with—and vision for—the organization, and why the Jewish community should care about immigration reform.
Immigration returns to communal agenda
Posted on Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 11:45 am
This article in the New Jersey Jewish News highlights a shift in public discourse within the Jewish community as immigration reform moved front-and-center in the recent presidential campaign and, more recently, was addressed by President Obama in his State of the Union on Tuesday.
Former Diplomat Takes Helm of Jewish Migration Agency
Posted on Thu, Feb 07, 2013 at 13:47 pm
The Forward just covered the appointment of Mark Hetfield as President & CEO of HIAS.
HIAS appoints Mark Hetfield as CEO and president
Posted on Wed, Feb 06, 2013 at 11:42 am
The JTA just posted the news that Mark Hetfield has been named HIAS' President & CEO.
Q & A with HIAS President & CEO Mark Hetfield
Posted on Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 14:57 pm
Following a January 28 event hosted by the Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation (which is headed by HIAS Board member Dr. Sharon S. Nazarian) that honored HIAS and three other Jewish non-profits instrumental in resettling Iranian Jews to Southern California, JewishJournal.com posted an interview with Mark Hetfield in which he discusses HIAS' long-standing relationship with Iranian American Jewry.
The 21st-Century Iranian Jew: Precarious Lives Of Pride ... And Fear
Posted on Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 12:35 pm
The Baltimore Jewish Times recently posted an article about the Jewish community in Iran—a population that has, since Khomeini took power in 1979, shrunk from 100,000 to today’s estimate of only 20,000 to 25,000. The article recounts the story of one Jewish refugee who fled Iran and cites experts in the field—including HIAS' Mark Hetfield—as well as numerous academics, who paint an incongruous picture of what it currently is like to be Jewish in Iran.
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