1.0Virtual Talmudhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmudRabbi Susan Grossmanhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmud/author/sgrossmanImmigration Reform and the Justice of Being a Refugee - Virtual Talmudrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Mjvg01TaT0"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmud/2006/03/immigration-reform-and-justice-of.html">Immigration Reform and the Justice of Being a Refugee</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmud/2006/03/immigration-reform-and-justice-of.html/embed#?secret=Mjvg01TaT0" width="600" height="338" title="“Immigration Reform and the Justice of Being a Refugee” — Virtual Talmud" data-secret="Mjvg01TaT0" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Where should we stand on immigration reform? If not for the closed-door policies and quotas held by America and other countries barring Jewish refugees from Nazi Europe, the Holocaust would not have claimed its millions of victims. As Jews, we understand that part of our job is to protect the weak and persecuted, which sometimes…