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May 9, 2018, 8:19 AM

The Override Bill Is a Danger to Israel’s Soul

On the Override Bill, Refugees, and the Jewish Soul of Israel The new “Override Bill” being proposed in the Knesset this week exemplifies what I have always believed to be true about the asylum seekers debate in Israel: that the...

Mar 13, 2018, 10:50 AM

Goodnight Holot

I remember the day that Holot opened. It was exactly 4 years, 3 months and one day ago: December 12, 2013. I found myself squeezed into the backseat of a small car full of strangers. We were a ragtag bunch...

Jan 8, 2018, 11:35 AM

Bibi’s Big Lie about Refugees

Netanyahu’s latest campaign against African asylum seekers is based on one fat lie; and it must be stopped “They’re not refugees.” It’s Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu’s most favorite, repeated, recited, requoted line about Israel’s 35,000 Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers. “They’re not refugees.” And...

May 29, 2017, 11:00 PM

Ruth was a refugee

What can we learn from the story of Ruth on how to treat refugees and migrants today? "And Boaz said to Ruth: 'Because you are an illegal infiltrator, I must take 20% of all your gleanings, and put it aside...

Jan 28, 2017, 11:25 PM

Stopping the Bibi-Trump anti-refugee alliance

Shared values must unite Jews to support refugee rights and fight anti-migrant policies on both sides of the ocean, and not only in the US Over the past few days it has been truly heartwarming to see so many American...

Jan 25, 2017, 4:29 AM

Why I stand with African asylum seekers

Join me in standing with African asylum seekers against unjust deportation. -- Last year, the Government of Israel announced that it would start deporting Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers to third-party countries (Uganda and Rwanda); those who refuse to comply would...

Oct 6, 2016, 10:53 AM

Secret refugees-for-weapons deals threaten Israel’s security

Whose safety is protected by closed-door decisions to deport asylum-seekers and give weapons to African rogue regimes?

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About Me

Elliot Vaisrub Glassenberg is an American-Canadian-Israeli queer Jewish educator and activist.