Over the last year, the number of refugees and displaced people across the world has grown to more than 68 million – more than any time in history. Learn about the current global refugee crisis and explore how Jewish values and history call on us to respond.

Help us mark UNESCO International Holocaust Remembrance Day as Mark Hetfield of HIAS and Anne Richard, former Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration in the Obama Administration, discuss immigration in American, past, present, and future.

Join us for an open meeting of HIAS Action DC, a network of people in their 20s and 30s who are committed to standing in solidarity with refugees, inspired by Jewish values and history.

Today we face significant changes in U.S. immigration policy that include the banning of immigrants from entire countries, new limitations on asylum, and family separation. In this climate, what are our Jewish moral responsibilities?

Few communities have a deeper understanding of the human consequences of such draconian changes in U.S. immigration policy – or a greater moral obligation to respond – than does ours. What does Jewish law require us to do? What does Jewish history demand we do?

Join HIAS for a monthly program offering compassion and solidarity to asylum seekers in detention through a formal letter writing program with individuals who have requested correspondence, helping them access hope and connection.

Over the last year, the number of refugees and displaced people across the world has grown to more than 65 million – more than any time in recorded history. Because of our history and our values, the Jewish people have a unique connection to these most vulnerable people.

Join HIAS for a monthly program offering compassion and solidarity to asylum seekers in detention through a formal letter writing program with individuals who have requested correspondence, helping them access hope and connection.

Come enjoy a performance by Faraj Abyad, Syrian Hanukkah treats, and learning more about ways to help refugees in the U.S. and around the world.