http://www.jta.org/news/ en zsilberman@washingtonjewishweek.com Copyright 2012 2012-02-09T22:54:00-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/04/29/2394589/op-ed-immigration-overhaul-is-a-job-for-the-us-congress http://www.jta.org/site/op-ed-immigration-overhaul-is-a-job-for-the-us-congress/#When:00:46:00Z Without Congress taking a leadership role on immigration, other states will follow Arizona’s suit, so the Jewish community must stand together in defense of immigrants because once we were strangers, too, the president of HIAS writes. Opinion, Sub Headline 2010-04-30T00:46:00-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/2008/09/01/110160/aronoff http://www.jta.org/site/aronoff/#When:09:00:01Z Gideon Aronoff, the president and CEO of HIAS, rejects claims that immigration has hurt American workers. Opinion 2008-09-01T09:00:01-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/2008/05/18/108618/postvillearonoff http://www.jta.org/site/postvillearonoff/#When:09:00:01Z As Jews, it is our obligation to advocate for fair treatment of the 390 detainees in Postville and the millions of other undocumented workers nationally, who are "strangers in a strange land," HIAS President Gideon Aronoff writes. Opinion 2008-05-18T09:00:01-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/2008/04/01/107821/aronoff http://www.jta.org/site/aronoff/#When:09:00:01Z The CEO of HIAS draws on the upcoming holiday of Passover to defend the American Jewish community's support for immigration. Opinion 2008-04-01T09:00:01-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/2007/04/01/100970/hiasoped http://www.jta.org/site/hiasoped/#When:09:00:01Z Essential guidance for the debate over this country's immigration policies comes from a core teaching of the annual retelling of the Passover story – that we must treat "the stranger," the resident alien or immigrant, with compassion and love. Opinion 2007-04-01T09:00:01-05:00