This month on the podcast we’re talking about the documentary There are Jews here, by filmmaker Brad Lichtenstein, and the recent Executive Order banning people from seven countries from coming into the US.
Further reading
There Are Jews Here
There Are Jews Here film website
Trailer
Room for Jews by Jesse Bernstein in Tablet
More Jews Than History Here by Michael Jacobs in the Atlanta Jewish Times
Refugee Ban
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America and Rabbinical Council of America Respond to Executive Order
Statement of Agudath Israel On President Trump’s Executive Immigration Order
IRF Statement on Executive Order Concerning Entrance to the United States from Muslim-Majority Nations
ADL Strongly Condemns President Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration and Refugees
AJC Statement on Trumpt Administration Refugee Policy
HIAS Outraged by Executive Order Suspending Refugee Resettlement Program
Endorsements
Mimi recommends the West Wing episode Take This Sabbath Day and the source sheet Is One Permitted to Punch a White Supremacist in the Face?, compiled by Rabbi Joshua Bolton.
Zahava recommends the letters from Values and Voices.
Tamar recommends The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon, and The Dream of Scipio by Iain Pears.
