I have been highly critical of the massive influx of refugees; the makeup of the refugees, and the politicians who seem to support such an influx. --- As Republicans Reject Syrian Refugees, US Jewish Community Responds With Solidarity, Support
A growing number of politicians this week have taken a stand against Syrian refugees coming to the United States after it was reported that one of the suicide bombers in Friday's deadly attacks in Paris held a Syrian passport. But much of the American Jewish community is pushing back, saying that the opposition to Syrian refugees is reminiscent of the discrimination Jews faced after World War II. That is just what some Republicans want to do, however. Most of the nation’s governors said they would not accept Syrian refugees in their states, despite President Barack Obama’s plan to take in 10,000 Syrians next year. Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz have said the U.S. should accept Christian refugees, but not Muslim ones. “Those kinds of comments are shameful and disgusting,” Rabbi Gil Steinlauf of the Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C. said. “The problem is not with Islam; it is with extremist people, it is with hateful people, that’s the problem.” Steinlauf said his congregants have closely followed the Syrian refugee crisis and most of them believe that Jews have a responsibility to help other communities in need. “We must not forget our values as a Jewish people, things that we learn from tradition and from our historical memory,” he said. “That includes the charge that comes from the Torah that we were once strangers in Egypt, and we must think of refugees that are homeless and displaced. We have been a people in exile and were wandering for millennia. Justice for those who are homeless overrides other factors.” While the Jewish community in the U.S. has become more influential in the decades since World War II, it still represents just 1.9 percent of the population, according to the Pew Research Center. Christians make up 70 percent of the U.S. population, while Muslims account for 0.9 percent. Some Jewish leaders have spoken out against accepting Syrian refugees after the Paris killings. U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, the only Jewish Republican currently in Congress, spoke on the House floor on Monday and said he wants tougher security measures to ensure terrorists do not sneak in among refugees coming to the U.S. “There is but one mandatory function constitutionally of the federal government, that is to provide for our national defense. This is a constitutional duty and a moral imperative that trumps any day of the week the charity of opening our doors to a Syrian who will blow himself or herself up on our streets in the name of Allah,” Zeldin said. “We must not move forward with the president’s plan to bring in tens of thousands of refugees, especially and so importantly, because we cannot identify who the bad ones are.” But for many Americans Jews, the idea of turning away people in need potentially because of their religion has sent an alarming message. The Anti-Defamation League, an organization that works to protect civil rights for Jews and other minorities, issued a statement <http://www.adl.org/press-center/press-releases/miscellaneous/us-governors-positon-refuse-relocation-syrian-refugees.html#.VkyET3arRpg> Tuesday condemning the governors who said they would reject Syrian refugees. “The people fleeing Syria are fleeing the same types of terrorists that did these attacks in France last week,” Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of ADL said Wednesday. “We need to have effective screenings for refugees, we need to look at the multi-layered process to make sure it works. But ADL works on behalf of all people regardless of how they look, where they’re from, who they love. The idea of discriminating against refugees based on their faith strikes us as very un-American.” Because of the connection some American Jews say they feel to other oppressed communities, a number of Jewish aid organizations such as HIAS <http://www.hias.org/> and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee <http://www.jdc.org/>(JDC) have been working to help Syrian refugees for years. Bennett founded the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees in 2013, and her group has worked with the JDC to provide humanitarian aid to refugees, as well as other Jewish organizations to help resettle Syrians in the U.S. and raise awareness of the Syrian refugee situation around the world. “If we don’t address this problem now, if we don’t save the children, who have now gone without schooling for years, and if we don’t house them, don’t educate them, then we are laying the ground for problems in the future, because they will be vulnerable to radicalism,” Bennett said. “We have an obligation to repair the world.” On Friday, January 22, 2016 at 12:45:08 PM UTC-6, KeithInTampa wrote: > > I question the veracity of this story. I have been highly critical of the > massive influx of refugees; the makeup of the refugees, and the > politicians who seem to support such an influx. > > I've not been censored or banned. > > > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 11:58 AM, plainolamerican <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Facebook Now Censoring People Who Oppose Wave of Muslim Refugee >> Immigration >> --- >> of course, a jewish owned website is going support jews who want to >> import refugees to America and Europe. >> >> On Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 3:04:50 PM UTC-6, Travis wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> [[ I have no use for Facebutt. ]] >>> >>> >>> >>> *Facebook Now Censoring People Who Oppose Wave of Muslim Refugee >>> Immigration* >>> >>> [image: Description: ZShariah] >>> >>> Written By: Greg Campbell <http://politistick.com/author/gregcampbell/> >>> January 20, 2016 >>> >>> As the Islamic world continues on their modern-day crusade to purge the >>> world of “infidels” by shooting, stabbing, beheading and burning those who >>> oppose the “religion of peace,” the Western world is embroiled in idiocy. >>> The left appears infinitely more-concerned with offending the delicate >>> sensibilities of the Muslim world- both the peaceful and the murderous >>> adherents of the religion- than they are with protecting the Western world >>> from Islamic terrorism, a threat which the U.S. president refuses to cite >>> as a danger. >>> >>> Nowhere is this idiocy more prevalent than in Europe, a continent with a >>> history of extreme tolerance of multiculturalism and lenient immigration >>> policies that have produced catastrophes that could have been easily >>> avoided with stringent immigration policies. >>> >>> Those who disfavor the kind of policies that have weakened Europe have >>> garnered the wrath of the “tolerant” left. This week, the UK’s parliament >>> debated a travel ban for Donald Trump who proposed temporarily suspending >>> Muslim immigration to the U.S. until we can assess and strengthen our >>> national security measures. >>> >>> To aid the Muslim world in their efforts to escape scrutiny or >>> criticism, Facebook, the social media giant who serves more and more as the >>> gatekeeper of what is and is not allowable speech, has begun a campaign in >>> Europe to censor those who disapprove of Europe’s permissive border and >>> immigration policies. >>> >>> Reuters reports: >>> <http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-germany-facebook-idUSKCN0UW25C> >>> >>> The U.S.-based group launched its “Initiative for Civil Courage Online” >>> in Berlin, pledging over 1 million euros ($1.09 million) to support >>> non-governmental organizations in their efforts to counter racist and >>> xenophobic posts. >>> >>> Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said hate speech “has >>> no place in our society”, including in the Internet. >>> >>> Facebook’s ground rules forbid bullying, harassment and threatening >>> language, but critics say it does not enforce them properly. >>> >>> On Friday, the firm said it had hired a unit of the publisher >>> Bertelsmann to monitor and delete racist posts on its platform in Germany. >>> >>> The company may cite a need to purge “racism” from the pages, but any >>> who have utilized Facebook to promote even the most-minor conservative >>> content has run afoul of Facebook’s algorithms that are quick to suspend >>> accounts and threaten based on any potentially “offensive” content that >>> includes, but is not limited to, mere policy discussions or politically >>> incorrect memes. >>> >>> While this is not a First Amendment issue as Facebook has a right to >>> conduct themselves however they wish, the prospect that so much of the >>> world’s communication runs-through the tech juggernaut should frighten any >>> and all who believe in the free exchange of ideas and opinions. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> __._,_.___ >>> ------------------------------ >>> Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected]> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> Visit Your Group >>> <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmbmtydGhzBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NTM0MDg1Njg-> >>> >>> >>> >>> [image: Yahoo! 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