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Opinion

The Conference of Presidents exists to create Jewish unity. Challenging its elections divides us.

The more we drag these disagreements into the spotlight, the more we damage American Jewry as a whole.

By Fred Zeidman May 22, 2020 11:08 am

A Trump-era compromise on the Presidents Conference chairwoman reveals Jewish organizational tensions

The current and incoming chairs blamed the disruption on the coronavirus pandemic. Others said it was a pressure campaign led by a longtime critic of the nominee.

April 28, 2020 4:38 pm

Jewish foreign policy umbrella nominates a new leader — former head of an immigration advocacy group

The Presidents Conference has tapped Dianne Lob, who once chaired HIAS, the lead Jewish immigration advocacy group.

April 17, 2020 5:23 pm

US government settles lawsuit brought by Jewish groups against refugee ban

By Marcy Oster February 11, 2020 4:09 pm

Federal judge blocks Trump executive order allowing states to refuse to resettle refugees

By Marcy Oster January 20, 2020 11:44 am

Jewish groups decry major US cut in refugee admissions

By Ron Kampeas September 27, 2019 4:33 pm

HIAS Greece translator Jalal Barezkai, right, assisting a Syrian refugee in an encampment near the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesvos, Greece on May 9, 2018. (Bill Swersey/HIAS)

HIAS opens Brussels office to bring Jews and non-Jewish asylum seekers together

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 27, 2019 11:31 am

Over 1,400 Jewish clergy sign letter supporting asylum seekers

By Marcy Oster July 25, 2019 11:26 am

J.B. Pritzker, Illinois’ incoming Jewish governor, opens up about his family’s immigrant past

By Ben Sales January 9, 2019 12:07 pm

Jewish umbrella group reprimands ZOA for insulting other members

By Ron Kampeas January 8, 2019 5:22 pm

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